A BJP worker from Jehanabad died allegedly during a police lathi charge, while participating in a protest march by his party against the Bihar government’s teacher recruitment policy doing away with the domicile requirement for the recruitment of teachers earlier in the month.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda said that the detailed report concerning the death of the party leader in Bihar during a protest march exposes the brutality and insensitivity of the Nitish government towards jungle raj prevailing in Bihar.
A BJP leader from Jehanabad died, allegedly during a police lathi charge, while participating in a protest march by his party against the Bihar government’s teacher recruitment policy doing away with the domicile requirement for the recruitment of teachers.
BJP national president JP Nadda constituted a four-member inquiry committee to probe the death of party leader Vijay Singh allegedly during the lathi charge by the police in Patna on Thursday.
Union Minister Nityanand Rai strongly criticized the Bihar government, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, for the lathi charge during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) march in Patna on Thursday and likened Bihar CM to Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, who in 1919 carried out the Jallianwa
BJP workers on Friday staged a protest outside the Bihar Legislative Assembly and observed 'black day' to protest against the death of Vijay Singh, the party's general secretary in Jehanabad district, allegedly due to the lathi charge by the police the day before.
Police have restored lathi charge after a group of teachers protesting against the government in Punjab's Sangrur turned violent on Saturday, police said.
"A case will be registered against the protestors. They are taking to the roads causing traffic jams, stopping school students and causing damage to the property," Nurul Haque, DSP Law and Order Kotwali said.
Students staged a protest demanding their rights to basic facilities outside Rajasthan University Vice-Chancellor's Secretariat in Jaipur, the officials said on Wednesday.
"The matter came to notice on Thursday evening and legal action has been taken into the matter. The in charge TI has been line attached and ADG level officers will go from Bhopal to investigate the matter," Mishra told reporters here.