Nitish Kumar is pressing the Congress-led central government to give "a special status" to help Bihar develop economically.
Nitish Kumar, accompanied by hundreds of slogans-shouting party leaders and supporters, walked from his official residence here to the Gandhi Maidan to stage a day-long sit-in.
Police said JD-U supporters halted over two dozen long-distance trains, stranding passengers at Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhagalpur, Nalanda, Muzaffarpur, Madhepura, Saharsa and Darbhanga railway stations.
Nitish protests, JD-U blocks road, rail traffic
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took to the streets Sunday seeking a "special status" for his state in a protest which saw thousands of his party activists block road and rail traffic.Large groups of
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