Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Cong, CPI, CPM observe bandh in Kalahandi

The Pioneer, Aug 8, 2007

Pioneer News Service | Bhawanipatna

The Congress, the CPI and the CPI(M) jointly called a one-day bandh in Kalahandi district on Monday in protest against fake medicines marketing and female foeticides and demanded a CBI probe into the scams and resignation of CM Naveen Patnaik.

Since morning, markets, schools, banks, post offices and other Government offices remained closed. Congress leaders, PCC president Jayadev Jena, former Union Ministers Srikant Jena and Bhakta Charan Das, Balikuda MLA Umesh Swain and Kodinga MLA Sadan Naik, and CPI and CPI(M) leaders headed the protest stir and submitted a memorandum at the Collectorate here.

The police arrested over 200 agitators workers at Bhawanipatna, 150 at Kesinga, 43 at Narla, 40 at M Rampur, 50 at Lanjigarh, 55 at Junagarh, 45 at Dharmagarh, 30 at Koksara and 34 at Jaipatna. Due to heavy rains, the scheduled public meeting in the evening at Gandhi Chowk here was cancelled. PCC president said the agitation would be extended to all districts till the Chief Minister resigns.

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