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♦ In the Council, BJP MLC Baidyanath Prasad moved “adjournment motion” and pressed for debate on lathi-charge, arrests.
♦ JDU MLCs shouted down his pleas. BJP MLCs trooped into Well of House. Council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh rejected motion, adjourned House till lunch.
♦ Leader of the Opposition Sushil Kumar Modi demanded unconditional release of 35 students and withdrawal of cases against them.
♦ He said state government should hold dialogue with students, not inflict atrocities
♦ Sushil even charged DGP P.K. Thakur of putting pressure on students to change their statements





