Bharat bandh over FDI in retail and diesel price hike
Opposition parties have given a call for a nationwide bandh today to protest the government's reform measures announced last week. The government had hiked the price of diesel by Rs. 5 per litre, capped the supply of subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders to six per household and cleared 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail - reforms.
Sep 20, 2012 08:16 IST
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New Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari and JD-U President Sharad Yadav hold up a cartoon about the government's decision to increase diesel prices and allow FDI in multi-brand retail.
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New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav holds hands with Sitaram Yechury of Communist Party of India (Marxist), as they walk to Parliament Street police station to demand to be detained.
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New Delhi: The beginning of a new alignment? Mulayam Singh with Prakash Karat
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Delhi: Protests against FDI in retail gather momentum at Jantar Mantar. This poster says it all.
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Patna: Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad expresses solidarity with the people by protesting against the government's reforms on a cycle.
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Mumbai: The first signs of traffic become visible and the number of vehicles are likely to increase as the day progresses.
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BJP MP Navjyot Sidhu conducts 'last rites' of LPG cylinder in Amritsar as part of Bharat Bandh protest.
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Mumbai: While MNS supports FDI in retail, BJP and Shiv Sena are opposed to it.
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Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party activists shout slogans as they are detained by police.
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Mumbai: Public transport, malls, markets all other services are likely to function as usual. Schools and colleges also will stay open in Maharashtra.
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BJP activists carry a cutout of a cooking gas cylinder during a protest.
Meanwhile, the MNS and Shiv Sena had said that they would not enforce the nationwide strike in the state because of the ongoing Ganpati festival in the state. -
Workers belonging to BJP Yuva Morcha blocked 3 trains at Patna railway station.
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BJP workers have been forcefully closing down shops in Patna in widespread protest.
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Right from early morning protests have begun in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party workers started by stopping a train in Allahabad.
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Allahabad: People are seen burning effigies. Their outrage stems from the government's decision to hike the price of diesel by Rs 5 per litre.
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Allahabad: A Samajwadi Party activist shouts slogans during a protest along railway tracks.
Angry opposition workers have disrupted train services as part of a daylong strike in India to protest rising diesel prices and the government's decision to open the country's huge retail market to foreign companies. -
Allahabad: Policemen arrive as Samajwadi Party activists block trains during a protest along railway tracks.
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Nearly 5 crore traders and 25 thousand trade associations are also observing a bandh demanding rollback of FDI in multi-brand retail.
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Kolkata, long-practiced at bandhs, presents desolate streets. Shops, school and colleges are closed, and only a few buses are on the roads.
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Kolkata: Protestors clashed with each other leading to their arrest by cops.
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Its' business as usual in the national capital and the public transport is running smoothly so far.
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Bangalore: Karnataka, meanwhile, has seen partial effect of the bandh call so far. While buses are off the road, autos are plying.
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Jammu is taking the bandh seriously. Here a cop stands guard outside a closed shop.
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Jammu: BJP activists shout slogans as they burn tyres during a nationwide strike.
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Patna: Protesters tried to target trains and bus stations
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A lone rickshaw braves the deserted streets and shuttered shops in Lucknow.
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Kolkata: Train services were disrupted for a brief period in the morning but are running smoothly now.
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