RJD supporter carries AK-47 replica in Patna march

A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supporter brandished a replica AK-47 rifle during the party's protest march to Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, demonstrating against alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders and supporters raised slogans as they marched toward Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, pressing demands over alleged examination paper leaks, rising unemployment and the alleged police firing on a student demonstration in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

RJD leaders and supporters attempted to push through police barricades during the Raj Bhavan march in Patna on 19 August 2026, as the protest over alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan turned confrontational. (Photo: NationPress)

Multiple Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supporters carried replica AK-47 rifles as a symbolic prop during the party's march to Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, protesting alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

RJD cadres, some holding replica AK-47 rifles, staged a protest march to Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, demanding accountability over the alleged police firing on student demonstrators in Siwan and the alleged leaking of examination papers in Bihar. (Photo: NationPress)

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) march in Patna on 19 August 2026 spotlighted three grievances: alleged examination paper leaks, rising unemployment in Bihar and the alleged police action against student protesters in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

An RJD supporter held a replica AK-47 rifle as a protest prop during the party's march to Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, as the party pressed demands over alleged paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on a student rally in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) demonstrators, including one carrying a replica AK-47, converged on Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026 to demand action over alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

Policewomen were deployed to stand guard as Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders and supporters marched toward Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, demanding accountability over alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

RJD leaders and supporters pushed against police barricades near Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, as the party's march over alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan intensified. (Photo: NationPress)

A large RJD crowd challenged police lines at the Raj Bhavan gate in Patna on 19 August 2026, as the march protesting alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on a student demonstration in Siwan reached its destination. (Photo: NationPress)

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) agitators attempted to break through police barricades in Patna on 19 August 2026 during the party's march to Raj Bhavan, which was called to protest alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan. (Photo: NationPress)

RJD workers stormed police barricades outside Raj Bhavan in Patna on 19 August 2026, as the party's protest march — called over alleged examination paper leaks, unemployment and the alleged police firing on students in Siwan — reached a flashpoint. (Photo: NationPress)

The RJD's Raj Bhavan march in Patna on 19 August 2026 crystallised around three demands: action on alleged examination paper leaks, relief for the unemployed and accountability for the alleged police firing on a student demonstration in Siwan, Bihar. (Photo: NationPress)

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