RJD president Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan who took out protest marches in the state capital here were arrested, police sources said.
CPI-ML and RJD workers pelted stones on the Shramjeevi Express at Biharsharif station injuring the driver, a report from Nalanda said.
A Madhubani report said that protestors halted the Saheed Express.
In Darbhanga, protestors pelted stones at the Raiyan police station leading to damage to a few vehicles.
The movement of long distance trains at Leharisarai station was also affected.
In Gaya, police lathi-charged RJD, CPI and LJP workers who were forcing closure of shops in the markets, police said.
In Madhubani a few RJD and LJP workers forced shopkeepers to down shutters.
Government and private offices and banks were open in the state capital, while schools were closed as a precautionary measure.
The majority of state transport buses did not run fearing violence.
A seriously ill person who was being taken to hospital died because the ambulance was held up in a traffic jam, a Samastipur report said. MORE
