Janashakti Janata Dal (JJD) chief Tej Pratap Yadav was sent to jail for 14 days after appearing in the court late night. Actually, he had joined the protest with the protesters in Patna during 'Bihar Bandh' on Saturday against NEET paper leak. Shortly after Yadav joined the protesters during a sit-in at Ram Ghulam Chowk in Patna, he was taken into custody. When he was taken away in a police vehicle, Tej Pratap, in custody, said, "We stand shoulder to shoulder with the students. If need be, I am ready to sacrifice my life for the rights of the students."
Yadav, the elder son of former Bihar minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, had also extended his support to the protesting students' demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Officials said that on Saturday, members of leftist student organizations in several districts of Bihar demonstrated in support of the statewide bandh against the NEET paper leak and police action on protesting students and clashed with the police. According to the police, mixed effects of the bandh were seen across the state. Stone pelting took place in districts like Patna, while it had very little impact in Nalanda, Nawada, Jehanabad and Rohtas.
Former minister Tej Pratap Yadav had appealed to Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leader Abhijit Dipke to come to Bihar and help in bringing down the BJP government of Samrat Chaudhary. Tej Pratap Yadav was expelled from father Lalu Prasad's party RJD. After this he has formed his new party Janashakti Janata Dal. He made this appeal on social media. This appeal came on the same day when CJP ended its Delhi protest in the NEET paper leak case.
