Protests were held on 29 January in many towns of Bihar condemning BJP backed Manuwadi forces who didn’t allow a CPIML dalit MLA, Comrade Gopal Ravidas, the unveiling of the plaque of the Preamble of the Constitution and inauguration of a school built by latter’s recommendation on the Republic Day. The upper caste miscreants had hurled casteist abuses and insults in Kurthaul village of Phulwari Sharif block of Patna.
A big protest march was held in the state capital from Kankarbagh which passed through many areas of Phulwari assembly constituency including Changar, Ashok Nagar Ramlakhan Path, Sorangpur, and East and West Ramkrishna Nagar. The angry protesters shouted slogans like ‘Dalit Garib hai Taiyar - Bhajapayi Dabango Hoshiyar’, ‘Shame on Nitish Kumar’, ‘Every insult will be avenged’, and ‘Down with the rule of feudals and criminals under Nitish Kumar’. They demanded arrests of all Manuwadis who were involved in the incident of 26 January.
A big protest was also held in nearby Fatuha town which was led by comrade Gopal Ravidas. The protesters and activists pledged to defend the egalitarian democratic values of the constitution and defeat feudal reactionary casteist forces.
Gopal Ravidas has given in writing the details of that incident to the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly demanding immediate punitive action from the state legislature. A higher secondary school was constructed in Kurthaul village with an expenditure of Rs. 2 crores at the recommendation of comrade Gopal Ravidas, who is also the president of this school’s management committee. He was invited to inaugurate the school on the Republic Day at 2 pm. But was stopped by upper caste domineering goons led by Chunnu Singh, Mithilesh Singh and Hansraj Hans with hurling caste abuses and manhandled when he unsuccessfully tried to pacify them with a dialogue. The whole incident was reported in writing to the Principle of the school and an FIR was lodged in the Parsa police station but so far none of the attackers has been arrested by the police. Gopal Ravisad also questioned the casteist leanings embedded deep into the state and the district administrations in Bihar. He cited another incident where he was not invited at the Flag hoisting programme, which was attended by CM himself, in a clear violation of the protocol.
