Nitish to lead JD(U) fast on land acquisition bill on Mar 14

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will lead JD(U) leaders and workers while observing a 24-hour fast in the state on March 14 protesting against the land acqui-sition bill and other policies of the NDA government at the Centre.
The JD(U) has decided to observe 24-hour fast on March 14 next to protest against the NDA govern-ment’s land acquisition bill and other policies having wider ramification for the country and its people, party’s state unit president Bashistha Narayan Singh told reporters. The party functionaries will observe the fast at the party office here, he said.
Simultaneously, party workers will observe fast at the district and block levels on the same day to apprise the people about the pitfalls of the land acqui-sition bill, Singh said.(PTI)