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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Protest against petrol price hike: Nation-wide bandh evokes mixed response

Protest against petrol price hike: Nation-wide bandh evokes mixed response

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published Published on Jun 1, 2012   modified Modified on Jun 1, 2012
-The Economic Times

The Left and the Right came together on Thursday to protest against the steepest petrol price hike, even as the government accused the opposition of unnecessarily politicising the issue.

The nation-wide bandh evoked a mixed response, with incidents of violence being reported from Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal.

BJP and Left leaders courted arrest in several states. Activists targeted commercial establishments that refused to down shutters. In Delhi, the bandh evoked a partial response as BJP supporters blocked traffic at some places. Office establishments reported normal attendance. Most of the autos went off the roads, with only a few plying during peak office hours. Nearly 300 trader associations in the city kept markets shut in support of the bandh.

Several people - including Left and BJP leaders like Prakash Karat, AB Bardhan, Sitaram Yechury, Ananth Kumar, Vijay Goel and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - were detained while leading the protests at various places in Delhi. Terming the government's justification for the recent hike in petrol price a "gigantic fraud", CPM warned that UPA-II could meet the fate of several European ruling parties, which suffered defeat as they were pursuing 'neo-liberal' economic policies.

"This UPA-II government and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may well meet a similar fate (like in Europe) unless they reverse the current trajectory of economic policies," senior CPM leader Sitaram Yechury said.

The government slammed the opposition for making the petrol price hike a political issue. "It should instead work with the government to protect the common man from price rise," I&B minister Ambika Soni said.

In Mumbai, 42 BEST buses were damaged and two drivers injured due to stone pelting by protesters at various places in the metropolis. However, there were no reports of any injuries to passengers. Local trains and buses plied as usual while banks reportedly witnessed thin business.

The bandh disrupted normal life in parts of BJP-ruled Karnataka where bandh supporters set afire three buses and stoned about a dozen others, forcing authorities to withdraw bus services in Bangalore. There was no impact of the bandh in Kerala. In West Bengal, bandh supporters blocked some roads and squatted on railway tracks. Trains were stopped in the Sealdah and Howrah divisions.

The Economic Times, 1 June, 2012, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/protest-against-petrol-price-hike-nation-wide-bandh-evokes-mixed-response/articleshow/13696617.cms


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