Bharat Bandh Over Demonetisation News Live Hindi India Parties CPI AAP INC TMC
Bharat Bandh Over Demonetisation News Live Hindi India Parties CPI AAP INC TMC
- States like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand,Rajasthan where BJP is in power there will be no bandh. Also schools, colleges and offices in those state function properly.
- JD(U) and TRS will not take part in Bharat Bandh called by Opposition parties.
- CPI(ML) workers in Darbhanga stoppd a train in protest against PM Modi's demonetisation. The workers obstructed Hatia-Patna Express in Jehanabad
- Left parties 12 hour bandh call: Bandh observed in Thiruvananthapuram #DeMonetisation.
- Most of the parties had not called for a Bharat Bandh, a nationwide strike, in view of the huge costs involved, which according to the business lobby FICCI, can be Rs 13,000 crore a day.
- Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had started the call for a unified protest against the currency ban, will hold a march in Kolkata at 1 pm. Sources said a turnout of at least 1 lakh people is expected. The Aam Aadmi Party will hold a protest at Central Park, the heart of Delhi.
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- The Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party said they do not want a strike but will hold protests across the country. The Congress has called it a "Jan Aakrosh Diwas".
- The Aam Aadmi Party will hold a protest at Central Park, the heart of Delhi.
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is staying away from the protests, saying he supported the currency ban and was "convinced" that it would help in the fight against black money.
- Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the opposition at the BJP's Parivartan Rally in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar, asking whether it was preferable to put a stop to corruption and black money or shut down the country.
- The Congress hit back, saying it has not called for a Bharat bandh. "Misinformation has been spread by the BJP which is ill-informed," said senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.
- "Knowing the popular support to demonetisation, Congress has changed its tactics from calling for a countrywide bandh to Aakrosh rallies. It is clear that all this is aimed at finding space in the media as they have clearly lost out space in the debating forum of Parliament and the minds of the people," said Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu.
- Since PM Modi's announcement of the currency ban on November 8, banks and ATMs have witnessed block-long queues. The cash crunch has meant deprived sections and small traders working and selling on credit. The government says move has received largescale support from the common man.