Bihar State Non-Gazetted Employees Mahasangh (Gope Group) held a massive protest demonstration in front of Bihar Vidhan Sabha on 16 March with a demand charter that included demands of Old Pension Scheme, to remove ban on promotions, to regularise contract and short term appointment workers (Samvida).
Protesters were addressed by Mahasangh state President Niranjan Kumar and Gen. Sec. Premchand Kumar Sinha. They submitted an 11-point charter of demands to the state government.