BJP workers blocked Ratu Road in Ranchi to protest the previous day's police action before security forces intervened to clear the thoroughfare. All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) president Sudesh Mahto criticised the state government during a visit to protesting aspirants at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi. Responding to BJP workers blocking Ratu Road in Ranchi during the state-wide Jharkhand Bandh, Ansar said, "Who are you (BJP) to announce a bandh? Rahul Gandhi himself is anti-democratic; Rahul Gandhi himself is anti-constitutional." "When they resorted to a lathi charge, all of us condemned it, Rahul Gandhi also condemned it.