'The Bihar Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution not to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the State. It also said the National Population Register (NPR) would be implemented in Bihar in the old 2010 format...'
'Nearly 4.5 lakh contractual school teachers, also known as ‘nijyojit shikshak‘, have been on an indefinite strike in Bihar beginning from February 17. They have eight demands, including equal pay for equal work, retirement age of 65, implementation of old age pensions and being made state employees rather than contractual workers. The strike is occurring while the Bihar School Education Board’s matriculation exams have begun. The boycott has been called the Bihar Rajya Shikshak Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti (BRSSSS), an umbrella organisation of 26 unions...
'On 21 December 2019, the town of Aurangabad in Bihar observed a protest at Ramesh Chowk against the amended citizenship law, where violence was reported. Following the unrest, the Bihar police began raiding localities, which were predominantly Muslim, around the protest site to identify these 'miscreants'. However, the police investigation is laden with loopholes...'
'Not just Muslims, several tribal communities in the state stand to lose all – land, homes, livelihoods, citizenship – as they have no documents. Their voices, too, remain on the fringes of the ongoing protests...'
'CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy was attacked again in Bihar on Tuesday and a Congress MLA’s car, which was also in the cavalcade, was vandalised by suspected BJP workers. This is the seventh attack on the convoy in two weeks, claimed organisers of the Kumar’s state-wide “Jan Gan Man Yatra” which began last month and is scheduled to conclude a fortnight later with a rally in the state capital...'
'The convoy of CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who is on a state-wide tour of Bihar campaigning against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), was attacked on Wednesday evening, police said. The former JNU student leader escaped unhurt in the attack by a stone-pelting mob, though one of the vehicles in his convoy was damaged and its driver injured, Sudhir Kumar Porika, the SP of Special Task Force, who is holding the additional charge of Supaul, told PTI-Bhasha over phone...'
'On 8 January, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court that it had found no evidence of murders being committed at the Muzaffarpur shelter-home and that all the “35 girls were alive.” The Caravan’s ongoing investigation of the case has revealed that at several stages of the inquiry there is significant variation in the total number of minors involved in the case.
'Former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president and Communist Party of India leader, Kanhaiya Kumar-led Jana-Gana-Mana Yatra in protest against CAA-NRC-NPR was attacked by a group of right-wing youths on Saturday (February 1) afternoon in Bihar’s Chhapra district. The attackers, who were shouting pro-CAA-NRC slogans, damaged the vehicles, pelted stones and tried to stop the protesters at Kopa in Chhapra.
'On 8 January, the Central Bureau of Investigation submitted its latest status report in the Muzaffarpur shelter-home case to the Supreme Court, in a sealed envelope. The agency told the court that there had been no murders in the shelter home and that all the “35 girls were alive.” The Caravan’s ongoing investigation of the case revealed that the witness statements of over a dozen minors refuted the CBI’s claim.
'Bihar police have arrested 13 minors and identified them as "adults" over anti-Citizenship Amenment Act protests on 21 December 2019 in town of Aurangabad turned violent. All arrested are Muslim youths. Firstpost had earlier reported that Bihar Police had altered the age of two minor boys and passed them off as adults in the First Information Report (FIR). The next hearing is on 28 January when the Juvenile Justice Board will decide on their age. Lawyer for the minors Meraj Khan said after the board's decision he would move for their bail plea.
