The protesting students who have called for Bihar Bandh (shutdown), today, over irregularities in the results of railway recruitment exams burnt tyres and blocked roads in Patna and other parts of Bihar state.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) as well as opposition National De-mocratic Alliance (NDA) allies Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) have supported the students’ call for Bihar Bandh.
In Patna, the bandh supporters burnt tyres on Ashok Rajpath, disrupting traffic movement on the busy street which leads to the state’s largest gov-ernment hospital, its most esteemed schools and colleges and shops dealing in medicines, books and stationery. At Dak Bungalow crossing in the heart of the city, they staged a demonstration. The pro-testers clashed with police personnel upon being stopped from marching towards the Raj Bhavan (Governor House), which is a couple of kilometres away.
In the Samastipur district across the Ganga, a demonstration by AISA (All India Students Asso-ciation) members stood out on account of participa-tion by a noticeable number of young women.
Legislators and cadres of opposition parties, most notably the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist), led the protests in Buxar, Jehanabad, Bhagalpur, Kati-har, Begusarai and Munger.
Protesters blocked roads in Bihar’s Patna in sup-port of the bandh called by students over alleged discrepancies in railway recruitment exams.—INP
