A day after the Dhanbad MLA, Raj Sinha launched a 72-hour long dharna near the district headquarter to protest against the Hemant Soren led state government holding it responsible for the ongoing power crisis, JMM and Congress carried out two separate agitations against the Union government holding it responsible for the stalemate.
JMM leaders led by district president Ramesh Tuddu, who carried out a demonstration near the dharna site of BJP MLA Raj Sinha termed the BJP protest as a nautanki (drama) and said, “We are protesting here against Raj Kumar Singh Union energy minister and Central Government as the DVC which is under the central government is carrying out load shedding leading to the power crisis in the state”