In the last decade, several sites for proposed industrial projects have witnessed heavy protest — mobilised by the local political parties such as JMM and JVM. Jindal Power failed to acquire land for its power plant, Ultra Mega Power Plant (a central government project) in Deoghar has been kept on the back burner after the police firing in 2015 and the ongoing protest against Adani’s power plant in Godda are examples of people’s resistance against land acquisition. And while the government pushes for investment, the opposition backs the people’s movements for political compulsions and convenience. In all of this, it is the common man that has to bear the brunt of police bullets.