The 12-hour 'Bharat Bandh' called by farmers protesting the three agri laws was a "big success", the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha said on Friday, and claimed that shutdown was observed in many parts of the country, including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Bihar.
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Farmers squatted on roads and rail corridors in several parts of Punjab and Haryana as the Bharat bandh called by them on Friday received a mixed response in other parts of the country.
The Sanyukta Kisan Morcha, spearheading the farmers’ protests against the three farm laws, had given the call for a nationwide shutdown to mark four months of their agitation on the borders of the national capital.
Barring Punjab and Haryana, the shutdown call received a mixed response from other parts of the country such as Bihar, Odisha, Bundelkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
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Twenty CPI(ML) activists, protesting in Sikandarpur township of the district on the 'Bharat Bandh' called by farmer unions, were taken into custody here on Friday. Those taken into custody included CPI-ML leader Shri Ram Chaudhary, said Sikandarpur police station in-charge, Amar Jeet Yadav.
Road and rail traffic was disrupted in several parts of Punjab and Haryana during the Bharat bandh called by farmers on Friday as part of their nationwide protest against the three agricultural laws though there was partial response to it in other parts of the country.
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