Patna, Aug 19: The dawn-to-dusk Bihar bandh, called by the VHP to protest the recent action of the state government to deport its senior leaders Praveen Togadia and Acharya Giriraj Kishore on their arrival here, passed off peacefully today evoking little response. Vehicular traffic movement which was thin in the state capital in the morning picked up as the day advanced while shops and business establishments remained open. The bandh supporters made frantic attempts to disrupt rail traffic in Muzaffarpur but they were chased away by security men. The VHP and Bajrang Dal activists stopped Vaishali Express at Siho station for sometime. They also blocked Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga road for four hours at Bhabbi near Muzaffarpur to enforce the bandh. In Muzaffarpur, traffic was normal while some shops were closed.
The bandh had little impact in south Bihar districts.

Around hundred VHP and Bajrang Dal activists, including Dal's Muzaffarpur convener Chunnu Singh, were arrested while trying to enforce the bandh at different places in north and South Bihar.
Schools and colleges remained closed on account of Janmasthami festival. Bureau Report