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| Bharat Bandh against SC/ST Act amendment: Protestors stop trains in Bihar, burn effigies across MP, UP | | | Agencies
BHOPAL/PATNA/VARANASI: The Bharat Bandh gained momeon Thursday morning after protesters stopped trains in Bihar and burnt effigies in UP and MP.
The bandh has been called by 35 outfits linked to the upper caste communities protest against the recent amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Security has been beefed up across the state prohibitory orders have been imposed under Section 144 in sensitive areas.
Schools will remain closed in Bhind district. Petrol pumps across the state will also remain closed. "We have decided to shut petrol pumps from 10 am to 2 pm tomorrow due to security reasons as some organizations have given a call for bandh," Madhya Pradesh Petrol Pump Owners Association president Ajay Singh told PTI.At least 34 companies of the special armed force of police have been deployed in various districts. Security has also been stepped up in the Gwalior-Chambal region which considered a sensitive area. It witnessed large-scale violence on April 2 this year during the Bharat Bandh called by Dalit groups. |
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