Published 16:03 IST, December 19th 2019
Anti-CAA protest: AISF members stop train at Patna's Rajendra Nagar railway station
The All India Students Federation (AISF) members on Thursday stopped a train at Rajendra Nagar railway station to mark their protest against CAA & NRC
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All India Students Federation (AISF) members on Thursday stopped a train at Rajendra Nagar railway station to mark ir protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). protesters raised slogans against Central government and demanded rollback of CAA. y also held up placards that re 'Cancel CAA' and 'NRC should t be implemented'. Meanwhile, CPI-M workers also blocked railway tracks at Laheriasarai railway station in Darbhanga, to protest against CAA and NRC.
Speaking to media, a supporter of AISF said, "We have stopped a train in order to mark our protest. We want government to listen to our demands. Students are being beaten up and this government is also t abiding by Indian Constitution."
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Bihar Bandh
Members of Left-wing student organisations squatted on tracks disrupting movement of trains while activists of ar outfit vandalised an ambulance and burn tyres during a bandh called by Left parties in Bihar on Thursday. bandh, also being supported by a number of small parties, has been called in protest against CAA and proposed countrywide implementation of NRC.
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station witnessed fresh disturbance at around 10 am when hundreds of activists of Jan hikar Party (JAP) floated by controversial former MP Pappu Yav burnt tyres on ro jacent to Rajendra Nagar Terminus and some of m squatted on tracks. y also vandalized an ambulance which tried to make its way through ro and he towards a residential locality nearby. Police and RPF personnel were trying to disperse agitators.
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In Jehanab, which has been a stronghold of ultra-Left movement in Bihar, CPI(ML) activists std a roblock on Kako More, disrupting traffic on NH 110 and NH 83. CPI(ML) cres also std a demonstration close to block hequarters at Musahari in Muzaffarpur, disrupting plying of vehicles between district and joining Samastipur.
CPI(M) activists squatted on tracks near Laharia Sarai station in Darbhanga district, affecting movement of trains for some time. On Mahatma Gandhi Setu over Ganges close to state capital, JAP supporters(all men), performed ribald dances to tune of Bhojpuri songs donning saris, as stranded commuters looked on with a mix of bemusement and exasperation.
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(With inputs from ncies)
15:18 IST, December 19th 2019