RJD student wing protests against Bihar govt over encephalitis deaths

The students also demanded that a high-level committee be formed and families of all deceased get compensation

Patna: After death toll reached 125 in Bihar on Sunday due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), members of Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) students wing carried out a protest march against the state government. Amid slogans of "Mangal Pandey Isteefa Do" and "Nitish Kumar Murdabad", the protesting members demanded immediate resignation of the state's Health Minister, Mangal Pandey.

Bihar: RJD student wing marched to Raj Bhavan, Patna, in protest against state govt over health situation in state. Protesters demanded resignation of state Health Min Mangal Pandey, formation of committee to investigate the situation due to AES&compensation for affected families pic.twitter.com/gBaBlcwFBN

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Holding posters and shouting slogans, the protesters marched to Raj Bhavan in the state capital. Blaming NDA government in Bihar, a student representative stated, "The condition of public health care has gone extremely bad in Bihar and Nitish-Modi government is majorly responsible for this."

"We want Mangal Pandey to take due responsibility of the deaths of children and step down from the post of Health Minister", he further added. The students also demanded that a high-level committee be formed and families of all deceased get compensation. "If a high-level committee is not formed and no compensation is given to families, we will carry forward our protest with more aggression throughout Bihar. We will not stop this protest until the Nitish-Modi duo takes responsibility for the death of children", said a student added.

With inputs from ANI

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