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| Will Bharat Bandh shut Mumbai down |
| Will Bharat Bandh shut Mumbai down on Thursday?
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| INDIA
, 28-May-2012
4:44:36 AM |
| With National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announcing a Bharat Bandh on May 31 in protest of the recently hiked petrol prices, key constituent Shiv Sena is already readying themselves for the 'big day'. Bal Thackeray's party claims the city will come to complete standstill on the last day of this month. Even students may have to compromise with their university exams as Sena plans to hold a meeting with varsity officials in this regard.
If the Sena stand works, transport services including railways, buses, taxis and auto rickshaws may be badly hit, and that will certainly affect office goers. "Bharat Bandh means everything will be shut. This will include all modes of transportation that is trains, taxis and autos. Only fire brigade, water services and hospitals will be working. If university examinations are to be held on May 31, we will request the varsity to reschedule them so students are not affected," said Sanjay Raut, Member of Rajya Sabha and spokesperson of Shiv Sena.
Open and shut!
BJP too maintained the bandh would be total. "Except for essential services everything else would be shut. All our allies are supporting us for the same and actively participating in the movement," said Madhav Bhandari, spokesperson, BJP. Congress, NCP and other UPA allies have criticised the opposition led bandh. "Just for the sake of misleading the people in spite of knowing the current status of the country's economy, BJP-led NDA is coming up with this populist move," said Sachin Sawant, spokesperson, Congress. "We are against the price rise, but strike is not the solution. The government should decide once on the issue of prices and not increase them every day" said Udaypratap Singh, general secretary, NCP
'What about us?'
The student fraternity too is worried about the bandh affecting their exams. Ashish Sable (name changed), a third year student of computer engineering, said, "We have our examination on May 31.
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