Mangalore: NDA’s ‘Bharat Bandh’ on July 5 Receives All-round Support
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jul 3: The call given by the constituents of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Monday July 5 against the recent hike effected in the prices of petroleum products, has received support of several political outfits and other organizations. NDA has termed the hike as grossly unscientific, expressing the apprehension that it will further fuel the already spiralling inflation.
BJP leaders, representatives of Chamber of Commerce, Rickshaw Union, District Hotel Owners Association, Service Bus and City Bus Owners’ Association, Lorry and Tempo Owners’ Association, Taximen’s Association, Printing Press Owners Association, Industries Association, District Merchants Association, and several other organizations participated in a meeting held at Hotel Kediyoor, Udupi, on Friday July 2, in this connection. Leaders like Gujjady Prabhakar Nayak, B sudhakar Shetty, C Vaikuntha Kamat, Airody Sahanasheela Pai, Vishwanath Shetty Manipal, Krishna Anchan, Ramesh Kotian Katpady etc., addressed the participants, calling upon the people to wholeheartedly support the bandh call. They also apologized to the people for the inconveniences they might face because of the bandh call.
District BJP president, K Udayakumar Shetty, who presided, asked all the organizations to cooperate in making the bandh a success. He also called upon the central government to immediately withdraw the increase effected in the prices of petroleum products.
Karnataka state committee of Students Federation of India has asked all the schools and colleges not to function on Monday, in protest against the hike in prices of petroleum products and increase affected in the bus pass prices. JDS and left front have also pledged support to the bandh call. Dakshina Kannada JDS district president, M B Sadashiva, CPM secretary, B Madhava, and CPI secretary, P Sanjeeva, in a joint press conference, said that the protest is being undertaken because of the anti-people policies of the central government that has failed to arrest increasing prices of all commodities. AIADMK, Telugu Desham, Samajwadi Party, Biju Janatadal, INLD etc., have already announced their decision to support the bandh call.
Essential services like water supply, milk, power, hospitals and other emeregency services have been given exemption from the bandh call. Several private companies in Bangalore have already announced holiday on Monday in view of the problems their employees might encounter in reaching their offices and also because of safety concerns.
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences has postponed the practical examinations scheduled for July 5, to July 7. Likewise, Vishvesvaraya Technological University has stated that it has postponed the MBA examination in Supply Chain Management to July 19, through a release. Karnataka Government Polytechnic in the city has postponed the admission interview from July 5 to July 6. Balmatta Government Women’s’ Institute of Education and Training has postponed the Kannada typewriting examination from July 5 to July 10.
Normal life of the people is expected to be disrupted on Monday. Buses and other public transport vehicles may not ply. Schools and colleges are expected to take a decision to announce holiday on Monday, later in the day.