Face of Nation : Regular life was hit in elements of Karnataka’s Ramanagara district at present following a bandh or shutdown known as to protest the arrest of senior Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate in a cash laundering case.
Retailers and enterprise institutions by and huge have been closed in response to the bandh or shutdown known as by the native unit of the Congress and supported by its alliance associate within the earlier coalition authorities – the Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S).
Sporadic protests have been reported in varied locations, together with Channapattanna and Ramanagara, since morning, whereas faculties and schools remained shut within the district, below which DK Shivakumar’s meeting section Kanakapura is positioned, the police mentioned.
Supporters of the bandh or shutdown staged demonstrations and tried to dam roads at some locations, however have been dispersed by police because the protests continued for the third day.
With no buses plying in Kanakapura, workplace goers have been seen stranded whereas in different elements of the district some vehicular motion was seen through the early hours. Police mentioned they’ve made elaborate safety preparations throughout the district to keep away from any untoward incident.
The Congress, which has dubbed the motion by the Enforcement Directorate as “political vendetta”, had staged protests in a number of elements of Karnataka on Tuesday evening and on Wednesday in opposition to the arrest of Mr Shivakumar, a key troubleshooter of the get together, in reference to alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions wroth crores. A number of prime state leaders, together with former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy (JDS), have condemned the arrest of Mr Shivakumar.
Quoting stories he acquired, state Residence Minister Basavaraj Bommai had on Wednesday mentioned 5 to 6 buses have been pelted with stones and makes an attempt made to torch one bus every in Kanakapura and Bengaluru.
