Bihar Assembly LoP and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav takes part in a protest march towards the Lok Bhawan over police action against students agitating against the NEET question paper leak issue in the state last month, in Patna, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (PTI Photo)
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was detained in Patna on Wednesday while taking out a march over the recent police action during the NEET paper leak protests in Bihar, SSP Kartikeya K Sharma said.
Yadav was taken away in a police vehicle near the Income Tax office here.
"The government is pushing the future of students into darkness. Exam papers are getting leaked frequently," he alleged, while being put inside a police van.
RJD leaders and workers, led by Yadav, the Leader of Opposition in Bihar assembly, took out the protest march to the Lok Bhavan from the JP Golambar here earlier in the day.
The police also used water cannons on the protesting RJD leaders, including Yadav, who tried to breach barricades set up along the march route.
"It is important to understand the emotions of Gen Z. The government used AK-47 rifles against the protesting students in Bihar, and pellet guns and nail-embedded batons against them in Delhi, just because they demanded an honest and transparent examination system.
"We are staging this march to bring all these aspects to the notice of the Bihar governor," RJD MP Manoj Jha told PTI Videos.
RJD MLA Bhai Virendra said the rallyists are scheduled to submit a memorandum to the governor at the Lok Bhavan.
Reacting to the party's march, BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi claimed that it was a rally to "save the career" of Tejashwi Yadav.
"He failed as a student, cricketer and politician. Now, he is trying to play politics around an issue that the Bihar government has already resolved," Saraogi asserted.
According to police sources, a delegation of the protesters will be allowed to meet the Bihar governor.
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