India, July 28 -- Bihar's Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said that a massive protest will be called in the state if detained student protesters are not released or cases against them are not withdrawn. During a press conference, Yadav gave Bihar chief minister Samrat Chaudhary an ultimatum, saying his demands should be answered by the same evening or night.

"I stated clearly that if Samrat Choudhary does not withdraw the cases against the students and release them from jail by this evening or night, we will launch a massive agitation...," Yadav said. He also claimed that it was on Chaudhary's orders that hunderds of students were arrested in Bihar.

Notably, a Bihar government notification released late on Monday said that...