<p>Contractual teachers threw slippers at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a public meeting in Bihar's Madhepura district Friday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Some of them threw four or five slippers at the stage where the chief minister was sitting to express their anger," a police official said.<br /><br />The teachers (known as para-teachers) were protesting against Nitish Kumar for the non-fulfilment of their demands. Earlier in the day, 23 contractual protesting teachers were arrested from the venue ahead of the meeting, police said.<br /><br />The police first tried to disperse the teachers, numbering in their hundreds, but when they failed, some of them were arrested, an official said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the opposition demanded the arrest of a former Janata Dal (United) legislator for allegedly snatching a police official's rifle and firing in the air to disperse the teachers during a similar protest against Nitish Kumar in Khagaria Thursday.<br /><br />Leaders from various parties, including the Congress and CPI-ML, accused the police of inaction after TV channels showed Ranvir Yadav, a strongman of the area and husband of JD-U legislator Poonam Devi, firing in the air.<br /><br />"We have demanded the arrest of Yadav for spreading terror among the para-teachers," leader of opposition in the Bihar assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui said.<br /><br />However, JD (U) spokesman Shivnand Tiwari defended Yadav, saying there was a threat to the chief minister's life.<br /></p>
<p>Contractual teachers threw slippers at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a public meeting in Bihar's Madhepura district Friday, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Some of them threw four or five slippers at the stage where the chief minister was sitting to express their anger," a police official said.<br /><br />The teachers (known as para-teachers) were protesting against Nitish Kumar for the non-fulfilment of their demands. Earlier in the day, 23 contractual protesting teachers were arrested from the venue ahead of the meeting, police said.<br /><br />The police first tried to disperse the teachers, numbering in their hundreds, but when they failed, some of them were arrested, an official said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the opposition demanded the arrest of a former Janata Dal (United) legislator for allegedly snatching a police official's rifle and firing in the air to disperse the teachers during a similar protest against Nitish Kumar in Khagaria Thursday.<br /><br />Leaders from various parties, including the Congress and CPI-ML, accused the police of inaction after TV channels showed Ranvir Yadav, a strongman of the area and husband of JD-U legislator Poonam Devi, firing in the air.<br /><br />"We have demanded the arrest of Yadav for spreading terror among the para-teachers," leader of opposition in the Bihar assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui said.<br /><br />However, JD (U) spokesman Shivnand Tiwari defended Yadav, saying there was a threat to the chief minister's life.<br /></p>