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			Congress President Rahul Gandhi with senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and others during &#39;Bharat Bandh&#39; protest march against fuel price hike and depreciation of the rupee, at Rajghat in New Delhi, Monday, Sept 10, 2018 (Photo: PTI)</div>
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Congress and 20 other Opposition parties hit the streets today to protest the recent space of hikes in fuel prices and a fall in the value of the rupee

Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives at Rajghat to join bandh protest against fuel price hike (Photo: ANI)

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	The Bharat Bandh called by the Congress and Left on Monday against rising fuel prices and tumbling rupee evoked mixed response in the country as the opposition closed its ranks against the Modi government. The BJP dubbed the protest a failure.</div>
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	The day-long shutdown affected normal life in Odisha, Karnataka, Bihar, Kerala and Tripura and triggered a mixed response in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.</div>
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	The rally drew leaders of the Janata Dal-Secular, Trinamool Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Nationalist Congress Party, Loktantrik Janata Dal, Rashtriya Lok Dal, All India United Democratic Front, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Aam Aadmi Party. Also in attendance were former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.</div>
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	Manmohan Singh hit out at the BJP for &quot;miserably&quot; failing to control fuel prices.</div>
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	Rahul Gandhi flayed Modi for his stoic silence over rising fuel prices, tumbling rupee, Rafale fighter jet deal and agrarian distress in the country.<br />
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	Meanwhile, the BJP said the hike in fuel prices was a &quot;momentary difficulty&quot; and claimed the shutdown was a complete failure.</div>

LIVE: Congress' Bharat Bandh evokes mixed response; BJP calls it 'failure'

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	Odisha: Train services were disrupted in many places of Odisha as Congress workers blocked railway tracks to enforce the &#39;Bharat Bandh&#39;. The party workers staged dharna and blocked railway tracks in many places including Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Puri, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Balasore to enforce the bandh from 6 am to 3 pm.<br />
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		At least 10 trains were cancelled in the jurisdiction of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) in view of the &#39;Bharat Bandh&#39;, an ECoR official said.</div>
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		LIVE : Shri <a href="https://twitter.com/rsprasad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rsprasad</a> is addressing a press conference at BJP HQ. <a href="https://t.co/9TsxpWtIce">https://t.co/9TsxpWtIce</a></p>
	&mdash; BJP (@BJP4India) <a href="https://twitter.com/BJP4India/status/1039048434827714561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Patna: Jan Adhikar Party supporter vandalises vehicles during &#39;Bharat Bandh&#39; protest, in Patna

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		Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja with AAP leader Atishi during <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BharatBandh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BharatBandh</a> protests in Delhi <a href="https://t.co/TBjl6E32KO">pic.twitter.com/TBjl6E32KO</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1039045018969878528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Bihar protests:<strong> Baby dies in Jehanabad after ambulance fails to reach it after beihg held up in bandh </strong>(NDTV)

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		The BJP government is so proud of themselves that even today when the Opposition has called for a &#39;bandh&#39; they have increased fuel price in some places. Government can even say that inflation will bring development: Former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BharatBandh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BharatBandh</a> <a href="https://t.co/GRsfBwL7fb">pic.twitter.com/GRsfBwL7fb</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1039037463757352960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<strong>J&amp;K</strong>: Mixed response in Jammu and Kashmir. In Jammu, Congress activists protested in R.S. Pura area while shops, public transport, businesses and educational institutions functioned normally in the city. In Srinagar and other district headquarters of the Kashmir Valley, there was no response to the shutdown.

In PM Modi&#39;s rule, hatred being spread and country being divided, alleges Rahul.

Congress workers in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh staged a unique protest displaying men posing as demons named &#39;mehngai dayain&#39;.<br />
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		Narendra Modi ji is silent, he has not spoken a word on rising prices of fuel, or condition of farmers, neither on atrocities against women: Rahul Gandhi during <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BharathBandh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BharathBandh</a> protests in Delhi <a href="https://t.co/wURfFTXT1i">pic.twitter.com/wURfFTXT1i</a></p>
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PM Modi is keeping mum over the issues of rising fuel prices and condition of farmers:<strong> Rahul Gandhi</strong>

NDA Govt acting against the people. No &#39;vikas&#39; has happened under PM Modi: <strong>Rahul Gandhi</strong>

PM Modi has built toilets across India, but there&#39;s no water: <strong>Rahul Gandhi at a protest rally in Ramlila Maidan</strong>

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	Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi dubs the &#39;Bharat Bandh&#39; as an attempt to spread rumour and confusion among the masses and said people will &quot;puncture the grand alliance balloon&quot; floated by the main opposition party.</div>
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	Naqvi said the Congress has been a &quot;history-sheeter&quot; on the issue of price rise whenever it was in power and is now shedding crocodile tears.</div>