Bharat Bandh: Trains stopped in Odisha, bus services hit in Karnataka

September 10, 2018 08:18

Opposition parties have begun to protests in various cities in the backdrop of Bharat Bandh being called by the Congress party against the rising fuel prices across the country. According to the Congress, 21 Opposition parties are supporting the bandh.

While bus services were hit in Karnataka, Congress workers topped trains in Odishas Sambalpur.

Congress has also asked civil society groups and NGOs to join the nationwide protest.

Congress workers held protests in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district's Bhongir and Musheerabad bus depot in Hyderabad against fuel price hike.

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