KANHAIYA CALLS LAW ANTI- NATIONAL

PATNA: In Patna, former Jawaharlal Nehru Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanahiya Kumar called CAA an “anti-national law”.

Speaking on the protests, he said, “This agitation is not for any political gains but to save the country. We need to see CAA in broader perspective and keeping NRC in mind. There is a move to trouble the people who are citizens of this country,” he said.

“It is a pity that in this country elections are not fought on issues being faced in the country but by fanning passions on India and Pakistan,” said Kanhiya.

Later in the day, an FIR lodged over Thursday’s protests named Kanhaiya Kumar.

hour early in the morning.there was fresh disturbance at the station around 10am when hundreds of JAP activists burnt tyres on a road near the terminal and some of them squatted on the tracks.

At least six FIRS were lodged, including five in Patna alone, against 35 named and 1,000 unknown persons on the charges of road blockade, arson and damaged vehicles. Pappu Yadav was named in one of the FIRS.

During the bandh in Bhojpur, shops and malls were hit with stones. The Nawada police in the district detained around 50 activists after violence. In Muzaffarpur, protesters allegedly pelted stones at a garment store.

Additional director general (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar said the bandh in Bihar was peaceful and there were no reports of violence from any parts of the state. “We are still collecting details. No untoward incident was reported,” he said.