Thursday, May 31, 2012

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

New Delhi: There was a mixed response so far to the Bharat bandh called by the BJP and the Left now to resist walking past week the price of gasoline. Walk is the steepest ever to Rs. 28.06 plus local taxes, and the need for a rollback is universal. Many people in the metro and other cities have chosen to stay home.
There have been reports of some of the best in Mumbai who stoned buses, bus set on fire and stoned in Karnataka and trains are stopped UP Allahabad, and areas in Odisha and Jharkhand. In East Delhi, the BJP workers blocked the arterial road that connects Ghaziabad to Delhi, causing much inconvenience to office-goers at a time when soaring temperatures are uncomfortably high. (Read)
In the national capital, BJP leader Ananth Kumar and including Vijay Goel was arrested. Left leaders like CPI (M) Prakash Karat and Sitaram of Yechury and CPI D Raja are also taken into custody. In Bihar, Sharad Yadav, the president of the ruling Janata Dal (United) and the Convenor of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, was detained in Saharsa for trying to enforce the bandh. BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain to be also taken into custody. (Read: Sharad Yadav arrested for implementation of the bandh)Big UPA allies like Trinamool and DMK too strongly protested, but both parties made it clear that they do not destabilize the central government. In Trinamool-Congress-ruled Kolkata, early morning saw fewer people on the street. Kolkata does not have a major presence in West Bengal, but managed an effective protest in some places like Howrah Bridge where it is blocked. (Read)
In Mumbai, apart from sporadic incidents of violence reported from the suburbs of Andheri and Mulund, the empty local train during the morning tell the story bandh. All the opposition parties in Maharashtra, the BJP, the Shiv Sena, the Republican Party of India and the Left will observe the bandh. The BJP and Shiv Sena had promised that essential services are not affected, but appealed to the shopkeepers to keep their establishments closed. The Quezon City Police are not taking chances and deployed 48,000 cops on duty bandh. Special attention is paid to sensitive areas such as CHEMBUR, Dadar, Jogeshwari, Govandi and Byculla. Although the taxi and autorickshaw union city leaders said they will not join the bandh, will be fewer people driving for fear of violence and damage to vehicles.
 
In the capital, entrepreneurs, autorickshaws and business organizations said they would join the bandh. Delhi is seeing the vehicle and traffic problems as BJP workers block traffic and demonstrations on the stage of the main locations. (Read: Traffic during bandh - places to avoid in Delhi)
"Friend" of the Mulayam Singh Yadav UPA of the Samajwadi Party (SP), by striking the edge of the Prime Minister and Congress president Sonia Gandhi UPA anniversary dinner a few days ago, is expanding its friendship with the fuel issue. His party opposes the hike and Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has announced a statewide bandh. The UP government has also informed the conference that the cash-strapped national resources can not afford to ease the burden on ordinary people by withdrawing more than 20 percent value added tax (VAT) that the state imposes on fuel, not such as the Congress-ruled states like Delhi, Kerala and Uttarakhand have been, to cut VAT. A leader of the district SP, Ravindra Yadav, even said party burnt an effigy of PM Manmohan Singh in protest.
"Now we are doing resistance across the state in the direction of Mulayam Singh Yadav. People continue to die due to corruption and inflation. If they do not control inflation, then we do the hunger strike and sacrifice," Mr Yadav said.
Delhi: Auto strike hits commuters
Autorickshaws are plying less on the road with many unions joined the strike. (Watch) Nearly 55,000 autos and 15,000 taxis are expected to stay off the road.
The BJP workers blocked the road in east Delhi as part of the nationwide closure. There are several reports of blocked roads in north Delhi as well. The Delhi Traffic Police also sending text messages to people as part of its 'alert'.
Nearly 300 associations of traders in the city will also keep the market closed to support the closure.
Sporadic violence in Maharashtra: Mumbai police on alert
In Mumbai, two drivers were injured and 42 best bus is crazy now stone-pelting by protestors.
In Nagpur, Shiv Sena and BJP workers burnt tires and also attacked buses.
In Satara, Shiv Sena and BJP workers have stopped all buses from plying in the roads. They also ask the store to close down.
Protests in West Bengal:
In Kolkata, the BJP workers tried to block the way to the airport in Baguihati. They also burnt rubber tires. The police finally dispersed the crowd and someone is arrested. Bandh supporters also blocked the Howrah Bridge, which connects the city to Howrahdistrict.Protestors bus torched a stationary state government, but there is no harm. Police arrested 38 people for trying to disrupt traffic by putting up road blockades in different areas of Kolkata and Howrah.
Protestors also blocked roads in the Over Chapadali district Bankura Barasat, budge budge and some other areas, police said. They also damaged several buses in some areas, they said.
Slight standstill in Karnataka:
Bandh is disrupted normal life in parts of the BJP-ruled Karnataka where three buses were set on fire and stoned about a dozen others forcing the authorities to withdraw the bus service in the city. Press and public transport shops and business establishments remained shut in some parts of the state.
Protests in Uttar Pradesh:
Samajwadi Party workers are protesting at the Allahabad railway tracks, raising slogans against the Centre. They also block some trains. (Watch)
Protests in Bihar:
JD (U) workers staged a rail roko in Patna and local trains are affected. Party president Sharad Yadav was arrested in Saharsa.
Protests in Jharkhand:
RAJDHANI three trains - Delhi-Howrah, Sealdah and Delhi-Delhi-Bhubneshwar - was stopped near Koderma.

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