Bharat Bandh: Updates from around the country

Amid efforts to resolve the farmers agitation for several days Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Delhi on Tuesday at Tomars 3 Krishna Menon Marg residenceThe two leaders are believed to have discussed the issues of the agitating farmers of Punjab and Haryana The meeting between the Haryana Chief Minister and Union Agriculture Minister is being perceived as very important coming as it does just hours before the sixth round of talks with the farmers scheduled for December 9Early reports of the Bandh from across the country indicated mixed response to the Bharat Bandh call given by the farmer unions on Tuesday as no major disturbance was reported from anywhereThe shutdown from 11 am to 3 pm focuses primarily on chakka jaam no vehicular movement However its effect on the movement of vehicles is yet to be observedThe call was however supported by several Opposition political parties and trade unions The morning peakhour traffic movement was by and large normal across major cities in the country except for a few statesPartial Bharat Bandh impact was seen in vegetable mandis in the national capital and various others states but commercial establishments particularly in cities and towns are likely to be not affected as the retailers organisations have kept off the shutdownThere was some impact of the Bandh call in interstate bus services and the passengers reached railway stations a bit early in the wake of the nationwide protestState and city borders were open and public vehicles like autorickshaw taxis aggregator cabs a few heavy vehicles carrying essential items were witnessed moving on roadsWholesale markets retail vegetable markets and local vendors were functioning partially in many statesCold response was seen in Tamil Nadu while there was growing solidarity for the farmers cause in Odisha and Telangana In Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party workers stopped Bundelkhand Express at Prayagraj leading to a scuffle with the police as the party workers squatted on the railway track Very few vehicles were seen on roads in Bihar in morning as the Mahagathbandhan led by Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav is spearheading the support to the Bharat BandhDelhiThe Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Tuesday alleged that Delhi Police has put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest after he met protesting farmers at the Singhu border His house has been barricaded with no one allowed to enter or leave it The Delhi police refuted claimsagravecurrenshyagravecurrenfrac34agravecurrenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009cagravecurrenordfagravecurrenfrac34 agravecurrenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0095agraveyenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0080 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agravecurrenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0086agravecurrenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009c_agravecurrenshyagravecurrenfrac34agravecurrendegagravecurrencurren_agravecurrennotagravecurrenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0082agravecurrenbrvbar_agravecurrensup1agraveyenAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0088 pictwittercomlQMEQcHqkemdash AAP AamAadmiParty December 8 2020Also ReadCM Arvind Kejriwal Placed Under House Arrest By Delhi Police AAPIt has been claimed in certain sections of social media and otherwise that there is some restriction on the movement of Chief Minister of Delhi I would like to clarify in this regard that these claims are totally baseless and unfounded Theres absolutely no restriction whatsoever The Honourable CM has been meeting his usual engagements and has been moving out of his residence Theres adequate security in the area to maintain peace and to prevent any untoward incident said Satish Golcha Special CP Delhi PoliceRegarding the bandh today the Special CP said The situation in the national capital territory of Delhi is peaceful and the situation is absolutely under control The markets are open and there is a normal movement of the public on the roads Traffic is usual There are usual activities at the offices of political parties Delhi Police will intervene in case of apprehension of breach of peace or any effort is made to block the movement of any critical leader or any personrdquoHundreds of Aam Aadmi Party AAP leaders and workers rallied at ITO on Tuesday against the lsquohouse arrestrsquo of KejriwalAs AAP activists including a number of party MLAs held a dharna at one of Delhis busiest intersections to voice their demand to march to Kejriwals residence to meet him vehicular movement was severely hampered in the area Police had to divert traffic on alternate routesThe Bandh received a mixed response in the national capital with most of the businesses and transport services remaining normal in DelhiHowever there was police deployment outside the residence of some CPI M members like Subhashini Ali who is the CPIM politburo member and a former MPPolice outside my house since 7 am More on the road pictwittercom4UA3WE8hyEmdash Subhashini Ali SubhashiniAli December 8 2020Support for the Bandh also came from Sitaram Yechury general secretary of CPI MThe Centre must take back these black laws The Modi government must listen to our Annadaatas instead of being in denial Perumal Murugan and TM Krishna are saying this in their own unique way BharatBandh httpstcoy5qgepxpuLmdash Sitaram Yechury SitaramYechury December 8 2020A heavy police deployment was made at the wholesale vegetable and grain market to prevent proBandh activists from forcing closure of shopsAt Azadpur Mandi one of the Asias largest vegetable market the response was lukewarmSome shops opened while others anticipating less merchandise reaching the wholesale bazaar Ghazipur and Okhla Mandi also witnessed mixed response leading up to the shutdown called for four hours with very few people arriving at these mandisThe usually crowded Ghazipur vegetable market also wore a deserted look as not many shops were openThe farmers continued to block the DelhiMeerut National Highway 24 near Ghazipur as large contingents of the police and the paramilitary force guarded all borders around the national capitalHowever in the city life seemed to be normal with vehicles plying and roadside shops doing business as usual Erickshaws also continued to plyOfficials at Sarai Kale Khan interstate bus terminus said that the buses are running as usual and no hindrance has been reported so far They also said that the service would continue despite the call of Chakka Jaam between 11 am and 3 pmThe bus terminus though wore a deserted look compared to other days Employees here said that the situation was normalTraffic was normal at Karnal bypass the road that leads to DelhiHaryanas Singhu Border where the farmers have been protesting for the last 13 days against the new agricultural laws of the Central governmentIn the wake of bandh many passengers who wanted to travel to Chandigarh were seen waiting for vehicles on the Karnal highwayGujaratCongress legislator Jashubhai Patel and his supporters were detained by police in Aravalli district of Gujarat on Tuesday for flouting prohibitory orders ahead of the Bharat Bandh call following which they chanted Ram Dhun in police lockupThe Bayad MLA and around two dozen supporters were detained in the Malpur town police station lockup under Section 144 of the CrPC imposed across Gujarat due to the December 8 Bharat Bandh called by farmers agitating in DelhiIn the lockup they began singing the popular devotional song in praise of Lord Ram amusing the policemen deployed thereDirector General of Police Ashish Bhatia had announced the prohibitory orders on Monday night as a precautionary measureMeanwhile many state Congress leaders were also detained across the stateProtests in Surat Gujarat in support of BharatBandh called by farmers on Tuesday pictwittercomxDunpAUGizmdash Mid Day mid_day December 8 2020BiharVery few vehicles were seen on roads in state capital Patna on Tuesday morning as the Mahagathbandhan led by Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is spearheading the support to the Bharat Bandh hereThe RJD has appealed to his supporters to come out on the streets and support the farmers protesting against the three central farm lawsProtests in support of Bharat Bandh in Khagaria BiharThe farmers agitation is expected to be successful across the state especially in Maoisthit district like Arwal Jahanabad Aurangabad Kaimur Lakhisarai Jamui and BegusaraiThese districts are dominated by the Left parties especially CPIMLL along with north Bihar districts like Vaishali Chapra Siwan Gopalganj Muzaffarpur Darbhanga Madhepura Samastipur Madhubani Seetamarhi and Supaul which are RJD strongholdsThe shutdown is also expected to be successful in Seemanchal districts like Purnea Araria Kishanganj and Katihar etcProtests in Patna Bihar in support of the BharatBandh called by farmers on TuesdayFarmersProtest BharatBandh2020 pictwittercomvVIchyyfyWmdash Mid Day mid_day December 8 2020Most people in Patna preferred to stay indoors stepping out only for important choresMadhya PradeshThere has been an increase in the deployment of police in the mandis markets of Madhya Pradesh with a strict vigil on people coming from outsideThe Congress has called for a major protest in Indore with a large number of leaders from the party taking to the streets However this bandh has not received the support from traders Former Congress cabinet minister Sajjan Singh Verma has demanded that traders support the movement and realise that when farmers are affected their businesses will also get affected Keeping in view the protest march by the Congress police personnel have been heavily deployed in the Anaj mandi and Chawni mandi areas of Sanyogitaganj in IndoreSimilarly in other parts of the state mandis functioned just like normal days during the morning hours At the same time there was no impact on the lives of traders selling their produce in mandis Conditions are normal at places such as Gwalior Ujjain Jabalpur Sagar etcUttar PradeshA mixed response was also witnessed in the state in the early hours while the Bharatiya Kisan Union BKU has said they will hold demonstrations at 65 points in Lucknow on Tuesday afternoon in support of the Bharat Bandh callMost of the places are the entry points to the state capital They include Dewa Sharief IIM road Dubagga Shaheed Path Gosainganj Mohanlalganj Rahimabad Bakshi Ka Talab Nigoha Behta and Vrindavan schemeTelanganaBuses of stateowned Road Transport Corporation in Telangana went off road amid growing support for farmers groupscalled Bharat Bandh that received support from all parties in the state except the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPWith employee unions of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation TSRTC backing the shutdown call buses were confined to depotsMahatma Gandhi Bus Station and Jubilee Bus Station two of the biggest and busiest bus stations in Hyderabad wore a deserted look Some commuters who reached the bus stations early morning to board buses to their destinations were seen returning disappointedMost of the cabs and autorickshaws also went off the roads as the unions of taxi and auto drivers backed the Bharat Bandh in support of the demand by farmers groups asking for rollback of the new farm legislations by the Central governmentWith the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi TRS declaring total support to the bandh it is likely to evoke good response across the stateOpposition Congress Left and other parties farmers and peoples organisations and trade unions are also backing the protestMinisters MPs state legislators and other public representatives will be participating in protests across the state Chief Minister and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao has appealed to party cadres to make the bandh a total successWest BengalThe Bharat Bandh called received partial response in West Bengal too with protesters burning the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some business honchos on road hereThe protesters staged a road blockade near Lake Town and Bangur virtually choking the key arterial stretch that connects Shyambazar through Dum Dum West Bengals Left Frontbacked organisations also gathered at Kolkatas Jadavpur 8B bus stand area supporting the shutdown call on Tuesday They will take out a rally extending support to the shutdown callTram and bus services were also disrupted in Kolkatas College Street area as agitators staged protests on Tuesday morning Communist Party of IndiaMarxist CPIM youth arm members also demonstrated at Esplanade area in support of the shutdownProtests in CentralKolkata against Centrersquos agri laws and in support of BharatBandh called by farmers on TuesdayFarmersProtest BharatBandhOn8December2020 pictwittercomfISwvwmLAXmdash Mid Day mid_day December 8 2020West Bengals ruling Trinamool Congress has extend moral support to the nationwide strike and in solidarity will stage sitins in various parts of the state for the next three daysKarnatakaNormal life was affected in parts of Karnataka as farmers and workers hit the roads on Tuesday as part of nationwide Bharat bandh called by various unions and political parties protesting the farm and labour laws recently introduced by the CentreMany organisations in the state have come in support of the bandh called by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene Green Brigade against the agri laws passed by the central government allowing anyone from any part of the country to purchase the agriculture produceKarnatakaCongress protests in support of BharatBandh called by farmers demanding a repeal of agri laws at Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore on TuesdayFarmersProtest BharatBandhOn8December2020 FarmersProtest2020 pictwittercomo0wWhfvKeDmdash Mid Day mid_day December 8 2020Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa termed the strike as a failure In the state the farmers are also protesting the Karnataka Land Reforms Amendment Act allowing anyone to purchase agriculture land directly from the farmers Earlier people from the agriculture background were allowed to purchase farmland The protesters alleged that these laws would lead to hoarding and turning the agriculture industry into a real estate sectorMany trade unions too have joined hands with the farmers to protest the reforms in labour laws claiming that it was against their interest Besides the Indian National Congress left parties such as CPI CPIM and their allied organisations too have extended their support to the stir Some proKannada organisations such as Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha of Vatal Nagaraj too backed the shutdownOdishaRoads wore a deserted look in several parts of Odisha as the farmers supported by different political parties and trade unions on Tuesday began holding protests as part of Bharat Bandh against new farm laws enacted by the CentrePublic transportation services were affected as the protesters held picketing at the railway stations and bus stops in Bhubaneswar Rourkela Rayagada and several other placesVehicular movement on many routes disrupted with agitators blocking them by burning tyresThe farmers and political activists also resorted to rail roko affecting the train movement in the stateTamil NaduCarnatic vocalist activist and 2016 Ramon Magsaysay award winner TM Krishna tweeted in solidarity with farmersPerumal Murugan and I stand in solidarity with the farmershttpstcooniVfmurJUmdash T M Krishna tmkrishna December 8 2020Normal life was not affected here and in other parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday with state transport buses plying hotels and shops remaining open despite the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers and supported by opposition partiesSimilarly governmentowned banks and insurance companies will be working as usual though the unions have extended support to the farmers bandh call Opposition parties affiliated auto rickshaw unions have announced that they would be participating in the shutdownNortheastBanking operations across the northeastern region were partially hit as a section of bank employees joined the countrywide shutdown while another section joined their dutiesAccording to the officials train and flight services in most northeastern states remained unaffected by the nationwide strikeAn official of the Northeast Frontier Railways NFR said in Guwahati the train services were unaffected in its jurisdictions though some picketers in a few places tried to halt the plying of passenger trains but the security forces dispersed themThe NFR operates fully and partially in six of the eight northeastern states excluding Meghalaya and Sikkim and in seven districts of West Bengal and five districts of north BiharIn Bharatiya Janata Partyruled Assam markets shops and business establishments were open in some places and closed in many parts especially in the semiurban and rural areasThere were very few passenger vehicles on the roads But many government offices functioned almost normally and schools and other educational institutions also remained open though with very less attendancewith inputs from agenciesKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute 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