Bjp Calls For Bharat Bandh

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  Mayawati's Swipe At BJP Over UP Polls: "Ignored Farmers For 4.5 Years..."

  Lending support to a peaceful Bharat Bandh called by farmers against the centre's three farm laws, BSP president Mayawati on Monday alleged the Uttar Pradesh government increased cane support prices ahead of the assembly elections for "selfish" motiv

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  Mayawati Stumps Congress As Opposition Looks To Corner BJP On Fuel Prices

  BSP president Mayawati's remarks holding the previous UPA government and the BJP equally responsible for the steep hike in fuel prices has caught Congress completely by surprise. Congress leaders now feel Mayawati's comments will raise a question mark on attempts at striking an opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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  "Caste Bias": Another Dalit BJP Lawmaker From UP Writes To Prime Minister

  The count of Dalit lawmakers from the BJP hitting out against their own government for what they call discrimination against Dalits has gone up to four, including three from Uttar Pradesh. The latest entrant to the list, Ashok Kumar Dohrey, who represents Etawah in Lok Sabha.

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  'Should We Shut Out Corruption Or Shut Down Nation,' PM Modi Asks At UP Rally

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the opposition over its Monday's protest plans at the BJP's Parivartan Rally in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar, asking whether it was preferable to put a stop to corruption and black money or shut down the country.

• Bharat bandh: BJP, Left share stage at Jantar Mantar

  After calling for a nation-wide strike, leaders of eight opposition parties came together at Jantar Mantar in Delhi today to slam the government over the hike in diesel prices and the introduction of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail. "The government is lying when it says FDI will create more jobs. It will affect the farmers and the aam a...

• Bharat Bandh: Highways blocked in Punjab, life affected in Haryana

  Following the nationwide Bharat Bandh, hundreds of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists on Thursday blocked traffic on highways across Punjab following the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Left parties' calls for a nationwide shutdown to protest the recent petrol price hike.

• Bharat Bandh ignored by 4,000 students seeking Bihar's famous Super-30

  In Bihar, Sharad Yadav of the ruling Janata Dal (United) was arrested along with hundreds of others for trying to enforce the Bharat Bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies to protest against last week's increase in petrol prices.

• Bharat Bandh: Nationwide protests on petrol price hike evoke mixed response

  The main Opposition parties, the BJP and the Left, have called for a Bharat bandh today to protest last week's hike in petrol prices. The hike was the steepest ever at Rs 6.28 plus local taxes, and the demand for a rollback has been universal.

• Bharat Bandh: BJP asks other parties to join in

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a call to all parties opposed to the Rs 7.54 hike in petrol price to join hands with it in holding an all-India strike today against the measure by organising rallies, marches, processions and public meetings in different parts of the country.