Bar bribery scandal: BJP hartal hits life in Kasaragod

January 28, 2015

Kasaragod, Jan 28: The day-long hartal called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking the resignation of Finance Minister K.M. Mani in connection with the bar bribery scandal was total in the district.

Shops, business houses, and banks did not function. Public transport vehicles did not ply. Train passengers were stranded in railway stations for hours. While private vehicles were seen on roads in parts of the district, the hartal supporters waylaid vehicles, including two-wheelers, in and around Mavungal, near Kanhangad, regarded as a BJP stronghold.

The BJP activists waylaid the car of a senior journalist at Mavungal and tore away the ‘Press’ sticker on the vehicle, forcing him to turn back.

The party workers also waylaid a number of inter-State trucks at Mavungal, disrupting vehicular movement along the National Highway. The hartal supporters blocked a police vehicle as it passed close to the BJP office at Karanthakkad here.

The protesters forced a few shops in the town and parts of the district to down shutters in the morning. The BJP activists took out protest marches at major centres in the district later in the day. No major untoward incidents were reported thanks to heavy security.

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