Bihar’s political landscape stirred as Union Minister Chirag Paswan denounced the lathi charge against Patna protesters from the chowkidar-dafadar union, committing to a high-level meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over their core issues. The Monday melee at Dak Bungalow Chowk exposed fault lines in handling rural employee grievances.
Via X, Paswan termed the episode ‘highly distressing and deplorable,’ defending the protesters as devoted guardians of village peace whose valid appeals deserve redressal, not repression.
LJP (RV) responded swiftly: A delegation spearheaded by MP Arun Bharti will confer with the state’s Deputy CM-Home Minister, presenting an extensive memorandum for demand satisfaction, service permanency, and official reprimands.
Paswan affirmed his personal outreach to the CM, seeking robust actions to uphold the workers’ incomes, welfare, and prestige while pursuing accountability.
No tolerance for reforms undermining decades of service, he declared, positioning village protectors’ welfare as a societal and state imperative.
Context: The union demonstrated for enhancements when forward movement led to barricade breaches and subsequent police action. This incident amplifies calls for balanced modernization of Bihar’s traditional security framework.
With Paswan’s engagement, expectations rise for constructive outcomes, potentially influencing future state policies on panchayat staffing and rights.