Normal life in the Bhopal administrative division was disrupted following a bandh observed by the BJP and Left parties in protest against the Centre's decision to hike diesel prices and allow FDI in retail.        

Today's shutdown was part of the nationwide strike observed by BJP and Left parties on September 20. The Bhopal division was excluded from the protest owing to the visit of Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a function at Sanchi.        

The shutdown was marked by the protest rallies being taken out by BJP workers. The party activists took out a "funeral procession" of an household gas cylinder symbolizing the burden on common man by the Centre's decision to cut the annual subsidies. The party's women wing also participated in the protest. The bandh was observed in Bhopal and Raisen districts of the division.