The former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal Marandi, on Saturday ended his fast, which he began on May 1.
In the Morabadi ground here, a “people's court,” organised by his party workers, urged him to end the hunger strike.
The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha chief began the fast, demanding that a special Assembly session be convened to pass a bill to protect those displaced or face the threat of displacement following encroachment of the government land.
Mr. Marandi was given a glass of juice by a member of a family that had lost its house in the anti-encroachment drive. Over 5,000 illegal structures were demolished in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro and other districts in the last one-and-half months on the directives of the Jharkhand High Court.
Chief Minister Arjun Munda had appealed to Mr. Marandi to end his hunger strike.
Mr. Marandi said the first round of meeting between his party representatives and Mr. Munda had “failed.”