Back with my Harthal wishes.
Harthal wishes to all my Countrymen.Many many happy returns of the day.
For the kind information of those from outside Kerala,my home state :
This is our second harthal in roughly 10 days in Kerala.The earlier one,which we celebrated last saturday was called by the ruling Left-front of Kerala against the Central Government's decision to hike fuel prices.As usual,as part of the festivities associated with it,violent incidents were reported from parts of the state.
This time around,I mean today;today's strike is :
A Nation-wide Bharat Bandh by the main opposition party,the BJP.
And surprise,surprise,an all India harthal by Left-front.
The reason given by the BJP,Left for the strike?
Fuel price hike.
So effectively,as far as the state of Kerala is concerned,Left parties had 2 harthals,one on 26th June 2010 and the other today,5th july 2010,protesting against the same issue,THE FUEL PRICE HIKE.Howzzaatt...
1 issue = 2 strikes.
Only sour thing about today's strike is that the BJP and Left chose the same day for their strike.They could had a mutual discussion and could have arrived at two different dates.This is a wastage of a strike !!
If one of the parties agreed for a different date,we could have had another strike quickly..hmm.
Just watched a News report,where-in it's reported that 72 buses in Mumbai are damaged by striking shiv sainiks.Well,not only BJP,the whole NDA + SP + other sundries in Indian politics are also striking,in-addition to the glorious Left,ofcourse.
By the time today's strike ends,hope more buses will be damaged,more public property will be destroyed.
Hope,atleast after this strike,all the sky-rocketed prices will come down,latest by tomorrow (6th july 2010) evening.This is not to say that the Left Harthal of 26th June 2010 had no effect on Kerala.It had the desired impact.Public property was destroyed in many places,you know :|
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Hindustan times reports that "
With more than 250 trains cancelled or disrupted, 100 flights cancelled and millions of people inconvenienced, the Bharat Bandh called by opposition parties on Monday against the rise in fuel prices cost the nation Rs 13,000 crore.
"The bandh is estimated to have cost the nation close to Rs 13,000 crore in terms of GDP loss," industry chamber Ficci said in a statement. Another industry body Assocham put the losses at Rs 10,000 crore, while CII pegged it at Rs 3,000 crore.
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