Bihar students take out march, fight pitched battle with cops
Patna, July 23 -- Bihar on Wednesday witnessed a pitched battle between hundreds of student activists demanding Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over the NEET issue and the police, which used tear gas shells, water cannons and batons in a bid to prevent their Lok Bhavan march'.
The police stopped the protestors close to the Lok Bhavan, but before that, the activists hurled stones at the BJP office. The authorities also sealed the assembly premises when the demonstrators reached near the building.
"We seek the resignation of Pradhan for his failure to prevent NEET exam paper leaks. We also demand the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah, on whose orders the Delhi Police brutally tried to repress the Jantar Mantar agitation earlier this week," alleged Paliganj MLA Sandeep Saurav, who is also a former general secretary of AISA and the JNU Students' Union.
BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi claimed that more than 26 party workers were injured in the brickbatting and attack by protestors.
Patna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kartikeya K Sharma said, "The police have registered multiple cases at the Kotwali, Gandhi Maidan and Sachivalaya police stations."...
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