A shutdown called by the Left parties, Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar on Thursday against the recent rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district, seeks justice, demands the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Other than CM Nitish Kumar’s resignation, the Bandh supporter demanded that the CBI probe of the Muzaffarpur rape case be monitored by Patna High court judge.
Left party workers and supporters have blocked railway tracks thereby affecting over a dozen trains since early Thursday morning. Trains were stopped in Darbhanga, Madhubani, Jahanabad, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna and Bhojpur districts. Protesters have also blocked several roads in Siwan, Bhojpur, Nawada.
RJD leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav had tweeted a post on Wednesday saying, “Against ghastly, dreadful & gruesome mass rape sponsored by Nitish Kumar, Left parties have called Bihar Bandh tomorrow supported by RJD & Congress demanding CM Nitish Kumar resignation. I assure that I will compel Nitish Kumar to speak up. Chacha, get ready to walk the talk.”
Against ghastly, dreadful & gruesome mass rape sponsored by Nitish Kumar, Left parties have called Bihar Bandh tomorrow supported by RJD & Congress demanding CM Nitish Kumar resignation.
I assure that I will compel Nitish Kumar to speak up. Chacha, get ready to walk the talk.
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) August 1, 2018
Also read: 11 girls go missing from another shelter home in Muzaffarpur
The case came to light earlier this year when the Bihar Social Welfare Department filed an FIR based on a social audit of the shelter home conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
The CBI on Sunday took over case following a recommendation by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
