JD(U) workers take out a torchlight procession in support of chief minister Nitish Kumar’s call for a Bihar Bandh on March 2 over special status to the state. Water resources minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, education minister PK Shahi, Rajya Sabha MP RCP Singh, Digha MLA Punam Devi, general secretary of Bihar Citizen Council Anil Pathak and famous neurosurgeon Dr Gopal Prasad Sinha joined the march from the party office to Dakbungalow roundabout. They shouted slogans against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Text by Amit Bhelari, picture by Deepak Kumar