Little impact of ‘Chakka Jam’ in Bihar

Patna, Feb 6 : The nationwide ‘Chakka Jam’ called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, and backed by the opposition parties in Bihar, did not have much effect on the common people of the state on Saturday.
The leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) held peaceful protests at Hajipur and Didarganj (Patna), respectively, to express their solidarity with the agitating farmers. However, the demonstartions didn’t cause much disrupttion to public life.
The opposition parties in Bihar participated in the ‘Chakka Jam’ between 2 pm and to 3 pm on Saturday.
A unit of the RJD blocked the at Hajipur-Patna road for half-an-hour, before the district police of Vaishali managed to remove them after brief negotiation.
Slamming the Nitish Kumar government, RJD General Secretary Bhai Arun Kumar said, “The NDA government is shaken by the public agitation. The government and the administration do not want to listen to their concerns.” Kumar also termed JDU leader Sanjay Singh’s remark on the protestors as ‘extremely unfortunate’.