Special status demand: Nitish Kumar, supporters beat utensils

"If they have respect for people's voice, Bihar shall get the same special status as given to Seemandhra," he said.

The utensil-beating programme is also to build momentum for tomorrow's Bihar bandh called on the issue.

As per the programme tomorrow, Kumar will lead a protest march from his residence to the Gandhi Maidan in the morning where he will stage a sit-in under Mahatama Gandhi's statue throughout the day.

Prabhat pheri, beating of utensils and bandh are chosen as part of the agitation on the lines of "civil disobedience movement" of Mahatama Gandhi against Britishers.

Kumar had recently said these had been successfully done during the JP movement against Congress "misrule" in 1974.

Kumar had said on several occasions that special category status to Bihar which would spur its development and would be the party's plank for coming general elections.

JD(U)'s erstwhile ally BJP had organised a "rail roko" across Bihar yesterday with the same demand.