BJP Launches 12-Hour Bandh In Kalahandi Over Mandi Issues
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Kalahandi district over several issues related to farmers today.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Kalahandi district over several issues related to farmers today.
The saffron party demanded relief from ‘katni chatni’ by millers during paddy procurement as well as distress sale of cotton, lowering of electricity tariff, and removal of country liquor manufacturing units in the district.
The bandh began at 6am today and will continue till 6pm.
The bandh effect was seen in major towns of Kalahandi including Bhawanipatna where the shops remained shut. The BJP members were seen picketing at several places in the district.
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✨They have called to shut down all the offices and educational institutes too.
However, emergency services like medical and fire services have been excluded from the bandh.
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