Summary:
Ranchi, Sept 8 (PTI)Police used water cannons and batons to break up protests Wednesday by the BJP against allotment of a room for offering `Namaz" (Islamic prayers) in the state Assembly.
The state BJP said a number of its workers were injured in the "lathi charge" (baton charge) and have been admitted to city hospitals.
The BJP which had taken to the streets against the decision to allow a `Namaz" room in the Assembly said it will observe a "Black Day" on Thursday against `lathi charge" of its workers and asked all its activists will sport black badges on that day.
BJP MLAs also raised the issue of "lathi charge" in the Assembly and demanded a reply by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on the issue.
As a mark of protest, BJP MLAs were seen wearing posters which they removed later on the speaker objecting to them.
BJP workers also tried to `gherao" the Assembly by jumping police barricades prompting the administration to use water canons and lathi-charge.