Jharkhand Bandh: BJP Calls Statewide Shutdown Over Student Lathi-Charge

The
BJP
has
called
fo
a
Jha kha d
Ba dh
ac oss
the
state
to
p otest
the
alleged
use
of
tea
gas
a d
lathi-cha ge
agai st
stude ts
i
Ra chi
du i g
thei
ma ch.
BJP
wo ke s
have
take
to
the
st eets,
u gi g
shopkeepe s
to
shut
thei
establishme ts,
while
some
p oteste s
have
epo tedly
bu ed
ty es.
The
pa ty
says
esse tial
se vices
should
emai
u affected
du i g
the
shutdow .
The
BJP
had
also
suppo ted
the
stude ts& squo;
ma ch
a d
attempted
to
su ou d
the
Chief
Mi iste & squo;s
eside ce
i
Ra chi,
followi g
which
seve al
pa ty
leade s
a d
wo ke s,
i cludi g
Leade
of
Oppositio
Babulal
Ma a di,
we e
detai ed
by
police.
BJP
wo ke s
a e
dema di g
that
Chief
Mi iste
Hema t
So e
esig
ove
the
actio
agai st
stude ts
a d
calli g
fo
the
gove me t
to
accept
thei
dema ds.
Mea while,
BJP
MPs
i
Delhi
a e
p epa i g
to
hold
a
demo st atio
i
the
Pa liame t
complex,
b i gi g
the
Jha kha d
stude t
issue
to
the
atio al
stage.
Repo ts
i dicate
that
the
ba dh
has
had
a
sig ifica t
impact
i
Ra chi,
with
seve al
ma kets
a d
shops
emai i g
closed.

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