Initially, it was apprehended that both the right and Left-wing students would clash. However, much to the relief of the administration the two groups instead greeted each other by clapping and raising slogans "Chhatra Ekta Zindabad".
District administration officials persuaded the students to constitute a five-member delegations so that they could be taken to Rajbhavan for a meeting with the governor, who would in turn refer their demand to the Union government. H
However, the agitating students did not pay heed to it and kept on demonstrating. Earlier, another group of students burnt effigies and tyres in front of Patna University office to register their protest.
A senior IPS officer told TOI that if this situation is not tackled immediately it might snowball into a major political issue.
Different students' organisations have announced phase-wise agitation to press for withdrawal of the proposed change in the IIT-JEE format.
All India Students' Association (AISA) has announced that a students' conference would be held on September 17 to protest the "injustice" meted out to IIT-JEE aspirants.
This would be followed with observance of protest day and burning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's effigy on September 18.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) said that its members would demonstrate before the university headquarters throughout the state on Friday to protest Thursday's lathi-charge besides blocking movement of trains at Patna, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Gaya, and Muzaffarpur.
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