By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: Life remained unaffected today in Patna and other parts of the state, making flop the Bihar bandh call of BJP’s youth wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad against the coming Kishanganj campus of Aligarh Muslim University. The unsuccessful bandh sent a strong signal across that public does not buy the view of ABVP that the AMU campus in Muslim dominated eastern Bihar district will become a shelter for terrorists.
To oppose the AMU campus ABVP had given a call for state bandh today. But vehicular traffic was almost normal in the capital city and shops were open. Jamiat Ulema organized a state-level conference in Gandhi Maidan. The daylong program was attended by thousands of people from across the state. RJD leader Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan addressed the gathering. Jamiat leader and MP Maulana Mahmood Madani had organized the conference.
Two days back, ABVP had staged a protest and tried to entre the Assembly campus to press the government not to allow the AMU campus. The state government has already given 250 acres of land for the campus. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has rejected the ABVP’s view, and said the campus will help improve the educational condition in the state.