Mumbai Shops shut, BEST buses vandalised as MVA calls for state-wide bandh

Monday, 11 October 2021Newsdesk

Bus services across Mumbai were shut following incidents of stone pelting at some places in the wake of the Maharashtra bandh called by the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Eight BEST buses and one leased bus were vandalized between midnight yesterday and this morning in Dharavi, Mankhurd, Shivaji Nagar, Charkop, Oshiwara, Deonar and Inorbit Mall.

New Delhi, 11 October 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Several shops and establishments across the state remained shut in solidarity with the bandh, including Pune’s APMC and Nashik’s onion trading market, Lasalgaon. NCP leader and minister Nawab Malik led a protest in Mumbai. He called for the resignation of MoS Ajay Mishra whose son has been arrested by the UP Police in connection with the violence. The minister also urged people to not indulge in stone pelting and such activities. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena workers have taken to the streets across Mumbai and several areas in Maharashtra, including Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Solapur, and Nagpur.

Source - indianexpress.com