Bharat bandh over FDI in retail and diesel price hike
Opposition parties have given a call for a nationwide bandh today to protest the government's reform measures announced last week. The government had hiked the price of diesel by Rs. 5 per litre, capped the supply of subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders to six per household and cleared 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail - reforms.
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Bharat bandh over FDI in retail and diesel price hikeNew Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari and JD-U President Sharad Yadav hold up a cartoon about the government's decision to increase diesel prices and allow FDI in multi-brand retail. -
Bharat bandh over FDI in retail and diesel price hikeBJP activists carry a cutout of a cooking gas cylinder during a protest.
Meanwhile, the MNS and Shiv Sena had said that they would not enforce the nationwide strike in the state because of the ongoing Ganpati festival in the state. -
Bharat bandh over FDI in retail and diesel price hikeAllahabad: A Samajwadi Party activist shouts slogans during a protest along railway tracks.
Angry opposition workers have disrupted train services as part of a daylong strike in India to protest rising diesel prices and the government's decision to open the country's huge retail market to foreign companies.
