<p>Vehicles kept off the road and shops downed shutters as a section of traders too had joined the strike. Schools and educational establishments were given holidays and the ongoing annual examinations put off. <br /><br />Barring a few cases of stone-pelting, the strike was peaceful. <br />In the assembly, the Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front staged a walkout alleging that the Government had sold off rice allocated by the Centre for the noon-meal scheme in schools through the Civil Supplies Corporation.</p>
<p>Vehicles kept off the road and shops downed shutters as a section of traders too had joined the strike. Schools and educational establishments were given holidays and the ongoing annual examinations put off. <br /><br />Barring a few cases of stone-pelting, the strike was peaceful. <br />In the assembly, the Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front staged a walkout alleging that the Government had sold off rice allocated by the Centre for the noon-meal scheme in schools through the Civil Supplies Corporation.</p>
