NDA set to observe Bihar bandh today

patna: the bihar bandh called by the national democratic alliance (nda) on tuesday is likely to hit normal life in bihar, particularly the rail and road traffic. senior nda leaders on monday appealed to people not to travel on trains, buses and private vehicles during the bandh period to avoid inconvenience. several private schools will remain closed on tuesday.however, medical services have been exempted from the bandh call. the bandh call has been given to register the nda's protest against the failure of the rabri government on every front, including the law and order, corruption, flood and drought condition, aurai police firing and mataurha carnage. the nda workers would also stage dharna in delhi on tuesday to demand the resignation of the rabri government. the rjd, on the other hand, would stage a mahadharna in delhi the same day to protest against the recent uti muddle. with a view to make the bandh a success, senior nda leaders, including the state bjp chief nand kishore yadav, leader of opposition in the state assembly sushil kumar modi, state jd(u) president ramjivan singh, jd(u) legislature party leader ganesh prasad yadav, state lok janshakti party president narendra singh, samata party spokesperson p k sinha and its senior leader shyam sunder singh dheeraj visited different parts of patna together on monday afternoon to solicit people's support for it. nda workers also took out a torchlight procession in the evening in patna. senior nda leaders had on sunday reviewed the preparations made to make the bandh a success. bjp national secretary sanjay paswan and chief whip of the party in the assembly navin kishore prasad sinha said that the nda workers would ensure that all the shops and business establishments remained closed on tuesday. they said that the nda workers would not allow ruling party workers to get the shops opened forcibly. sinha said that road traffic would be paralysed on the national highways. he hoped that the bandh would be a grand success across the state as all the constituents of the nda were committed to work for the ouster of rabri government. he said that several nda mps had reached their respective constituencies to mobilise support for the bandh. he said that the nda had also sought the support of different traders' organisations for the bandh. the nda would chalk out its future course of action after tuesday.