In Jharkhand the AJSU party has given a call for bandh on March two in protest against the Centre not according special category status to Jharkhand.

AJSU party spokesman Deo Sharan Bhagat told reporters in Ranchi today that despite the Raghuram Rajan Committee report rating the state as the fifth most backward region in the country, the Centre has ignored our demand.

Yesterday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also called a bandh in his state on the same day terming as “betrayal” the UPA government's decision to grant special category status to Seemandhra while “ignoring” a similar demand made by his government.

In the state assembly also the ruling front and the opposition parties demanded special status for Jharkhand.