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58 Congress activists detained for forcibly enforcing Bharat Bandh in Ranchi: Police

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BJP Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has accused the Congress of creating a negative atmosphere.

New Delhi: The BJP Monday termed the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the Congress and several other parties as an attempt to spread rumour and confusion among the masses and said people will “puncture the grand alliance balloon” floated by the main opposition party.

Union minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi took on the Congress, saying it has been a “history-sheeter” on the issue of price rise whenever it was in power and is now shedding crocodile tears.

The Congress and several parties have given a call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ to protest the rise in the prices of petrol and diesel.

Accusing the opposition party of tying to create a “negative atmosphere” in the country since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in May 2014, he wondered if some “invisible hand” gave “supari” (contract) to destroy the progress India has made.

“The Congress is a cruise of corruption and whichever party joins it will sink with it,” he said, adding this is the reason several opposition parties have kept away from the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the opposition party.

Meanwhile in Jharkhand, 58 Congress activists, including Palamau district Congress president Jaias Ranjan Pathak, were taken into custody for forcibly trying to enforce the bandh, superintendent of police Inderjeet Mahata said.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Left parties in Jharkhand are supporting the Congress-sponsored ‘Bharat bandh called against fuel price hike.

Goods trains and passengers trainings were being escorted by the police, a police officer said.

Vehicular traffic is normal in most parts of the state, including Ranchi.

In Delhi, union minister Naqvi said, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over in May 2014 inflation hovered around 11 per cent and that Modi has now brought it down to around four per cent with his policies and honest work.

“Through violence and anarchy it (opposition) is trying to spread rumour and confusion among the masses,” Naqvi said. – PTI

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