Tejaswi Yadav flashes patriotic card before launching Bihar Bandh

I am Hindu. I am Indian. I am against #CAA_NRC. #BiharBand #IndiaAgainstCAA_NRC pic.twitter.com/uwy8Jrzyvo

— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) December 21, 2019

Tejaswi led the Bihar Bandh rally orgainised as part of anti-CAA and NRC protests accompanied by RJD State president Jagdanand Singh, senior party leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and other activists and demonstrated at main Dak Bungalow chowk in the state capital.

The former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister marched on the streets of Patna with the national flag and asked others to join the protest rally.

All the buses were inside the campus of the government bus-stand in Munger town.Passenger train-services were also disrupted in between Jamalpur and Khagaria and Jamalpur-Begusarai this morning. Vehicular traffic was off the road.

All shops and business establishments remained closed.

In support of the RJD-sponsored Bihar Bandh call, hundreds of agitators, including members of minority community, took out a procession this morning and demonstrated in the Munger headquarters .They were carrying national-flags and placards,demanding withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act.

The Munger administration has deputed armed police personnel at all sensitive points in the district to maintain law and order in the district.

Businessmen kept their shutters down and educational institutions too remained closed during the bandh.

A report from Begusarai said that the RJD workers assembled at the main area of the town and protested against the CAA and NRC. The agitators carrying placards shouted anti-government slogans and blocked the main roads.

A similar report from Samastipur said the train services were disrupted between Samastipur Darbhanga Madhubani following protest at the railway station since morning.

The jam was lifted following intervention of the local police. RJD workers led by local MLA Akhtarul Islam Shaheen protested at the over bridge near the district magistrate's residence blocking Samastipur Patna Samastipur Darbhanga main road.

RJD spokesperson, Mr Shaheen said there was complete anarchy in the country due to the CAA which will affect not only the Muslims but the common people too. He said that the agitation would continue till it was withdrawn.

According to a report from Bhagalpur vehicular services and business as well as educational activities remained affected during the bandh, however, the train services remained normal during the day.

RJD workers also protested in Buxar where they demonstrated before the Shramjivi express. Train services in Darbhanga also got affected following the violent protest of the RJD workers.

Bihar Sampark Kranti superfast express remained stranded at Darbhanga railway station due to the protest.

A report from Munger said that some anti-social elements broke the glass-panes of four buses of the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation and damaged them badly.

Passenger train-services were also disrupted in between Jamalpur and Khagaria and Jamalpur-Begusarai. Vehicular traffic was off the road.

All shops and business establishments including tea, paan shops, egg, meat and vegetable-shops, kept their shutters down.

Nearly 13 people were injured during a shootout between two groups near Tonga Stand in Fulwarisharif during Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) sponsored Bihar bandh against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Record for Citizenship (NRC) here today.

According to police, the members of two groups fired at each other after a scuffle between them. Both the groups were trying to force bandh at Sangatpar locality in Fulwarisharif.

Nearly 13 people, reportedly, sustained bullet injuries. Of the injured, seven were admitted at Patna Medical College Hospital while two were rushed to the Nalanda Medical College Hospital.

Police resorted to mild lathi-charge to disperse the violent mob.

Senior Superintendent of Police  Garima Malik  and  District  Magistrate reached the spot to personally monitor the  situation.

In support of the RJD sponsored Bihar Bandh call, hundreds of protesters including members of minority community took out a long procession and demonstrated in the Munger headquarters.They were carrying national-flags and placards,demanding withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act .

The ruling JD (U) in Bihar accused RJD of resorting to vandalism after its call for Bihar bandh to protest National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) failed to evoke response of the people.

Chief Spokesman of JD (U) Sanjay Singh said here that RJD workers were seen vandalising public property and creating ruckus to force people support their Bihar bandh call against NRC and CAA.

"It was very disturbing to see that RJD workers were trying to enforce bandh forcibly and indulged in violence when people did not show interest, but the party claimed that it had full support, " he pointed out.

"RJD claims to be the party of poor but they did not spare them. Even labourers were not allowed to go to sites to earn their daily wages," Mr Singh said.

Hitting out at RJD, he said the party's culture was on full display during the Bihar bandh.

"People have already rejected RJD and they would never support the party again in future as its true face was exposed," he remarked.

The bandh supporters ransacked several vehicles in different parts of the state and squatted on the railway tracks disrupting the train services at some places.