{"id":4013,"date":"2018-09-10T14:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T09:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=4013"},"modified":"2018-09-10T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T09:13:37","slug":"shops-shut-transport-hampered-bharat-bandh-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/news\/shops-shut-transport-hampered-bharat-bandh-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Shops shut, transport hampered as Bharat Bandh intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Large-scale protests were seen in different parts of the country as senior leaders and party workers from 21 opposition parties took to roads as part of the\u00a0Congress-led\u00a0Bharat Bandh\u00a0against the steep rise in\u00a0petrol\u00a0and\u00a0diesel\u00a0prices.
\nMaharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers in Mumbai forcefully shut down shops and establishments, include a famous fast food joint, at the Bharatmata Junction Naka in Parel, while\u00a0Congress\u00a0workers staged a ‘Rail Roko’ protest at Andheri railway station.
\nIn Bihar, Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik JAP (L) workers blocked railway tracks at Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station in Patna, while another set of workers vandalised vehicles in the state capital.
\nA group of Loktantrik Janata Dal workers in Patna was seen carrying a motorbike on their shoulders during a march to protest against the hike in fuel prices.
\nA similar situation was also seen in Delhi’s Preet Vihar area, where\u00a0Congress\u00a0workers carried a motorcycle on a bullock cart during the protests.
\nAttacking the\u00a0Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government over surging fuel prices, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president\u00a0Akhilesh Yadav\u00a0took a jibe at the Centre saying “they can even say that inflation will bring development.”
\nEarlier in the day,\u00a0Congress<\/strong>\u00a0president\u00a0Rahul Gandhi,<\/strong> along with leaders of other Opposition parties, led a march from Rajghat to Ramlila Maidan as part of ‘Bharat Bandh’, called against the continuous fuel price hike and decrease in the value of Indian currency among other issues.<\/p>\n

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\nHowever, fuel prices continued to surge on Monday with\u00a0petrol\u00a0and\u00a0diesel\u00a0being sold at Rs 80.73 and Rs 72.83 per litre in the national capital.
\nCongress\u00a0workers blocked a train at Odisha’s Sambalpur while protesting along with other opposition parties in the morning.<\/p>\n

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\nIn Telangana,\u00a0Congress\u00a0workers held protests in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district’s Bhongir and Musheerabad bus depot in Hyderabad against the fuel price hike.
\nSimilar protests were witnessed in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and other states.<\/p>\n

The Karnataka government declared a public holiday for schools and colleges in Bengaluru as a precautionary measure<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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