Bihar LoP Tejashwi Yadav Detained During Protest In Patna Over Use Of AK-47 Against Agitating Students - VIDEO

Patna saw a protest on Wednesday led by Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly and a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The demonstration was organized to demand answers from the state government concerning the alleged use of an AK-47 rifle during a student protest in Siwan district over paper leaks in the NEET exam last month. The police constable involved in the incident was subsequently suspended.

At the protest site, RJD supporters were also seen wielding a cardboard replica of an AK-47. Video footage from the event shows Tejashwi Yadav proclaiming, "This government, which uses AK-47, students are going to throw it away. They are playing with the students' future, paper leaks are happening, Bihar is becoming the center of unemployment, paper leaks." He made these remarks to news agency PTI after being detained by the police.

During the march, police also utilized water cannons, an action Tejashwi alleged was ordered by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary. The Bihar government had transferred the Superintendent of Police from Siwan earlier in the day, as part of a reshuffle involving 18 IPS officers.

The police maintained that no one was injured during the aerial firing from the assault rifle.