Hundreds of students and youths under the banner of All India Students Association (AISA) and Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) had a scuffle with police at Patna’s main centre, Dak Bungalow roundabout, on Tuesday afternoon.
The scuffle broke out after the students were stopped by the police during a protest march against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the demand for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The protestors continue to block the Dak Bungalow roundabout, leading to heavy jams on arterial roads in central Patna . Police had already detained two dozen protesters soon after the protest march began at J P roundabout near historic Gandhi Maidan , just before noon. Later, police and protesters scuffled at the Dak Bungalow roundabout after AISA-RYA activists were stopped from heading toward Bihar’s Lok Bhawan.
The situation is tense, with police trying to stop the protestors from moving towards Lok Bhawan amid heavy deployment of police personnel, reports said. The DM further said that in such situations, there are severe difficulties in the uninterrupted movement of the elderly, sick individuals, schoolchildren, and other emergency services such as ambulances.
