Activists of the All India Students' Association (AISA) on Saturday held a protest as BJP President JP Nadda came to Patna College. The protestors demanded a rollback of the National Education Policy of 2020, according to NDTV report.
The BJP is a partner in the state government led by JDU's Nitish Kumar.
"JP Nadda, wapas jao (go back)" was their main slogan, as they also demanded central status for Patna University.
Videos showed them surrounding Nadda, whose security personnel pushed through the crowd for him to move out.
A press release by AISA mentioned that Kumar Divyam, its state unit joint secretary, led the protest along with Neeraj Yadav, Aditya Ranjan and others.
Nadda held a road show in Patna after arriving in the Bihar capital to inaugurate a two-day joint national executive meeting of various cells of the party.
He was received by Deputy Chief Ministers Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, Union minister Nityanand Rai, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal and state cabinet ministers upon his arrival at the Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport.
Standing atop a flower-decked lorry along with former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the two deputy CMs and Jaiswal, Nadda waved to the crowds amid cheers by party workers.
During the two-day meeting, party leaders will conduct brainstorming over the role of the party cells in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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