Bharat Bandh live updates: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal put under house arrest, claims AAP.
Farmers protesting against the Centre’s agricultural sector laws have called for Bharat Bandh today after several rounds of talks with the government over the new farm laws remained inconclusive.
Opposition parties, which are in office in Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Bengal, Kerala, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry are backing the bandh.
Farmers of Chilla village block airport road in Sector 82 near railway under bridge in support of Bharat Bandh in Mohali
10:50 (IST) Dec 08
No one is allowed to go inside, he is not allowed to come out. MLAs, who had a meeting with CM yesterday, were beaten up by Police when they went to meet him. Workers were not allowed to meet him either. BJP leaders are being made to sit outside his residence: Saurabh Bharadwaj
10:49 (IST) Dec 08
CM met farmers at Singhu border yesterday. He had said that we’ll serve them like ‘Sevadars’ and support them. After he returned, Delhi Police barricaded his residence from all sides, putting him in a house-arrest like situation, at the behest of Home Ministry: Saurabh Bharadwaj, AAP
10:37 (IST) Dec 08
The Bharat Bandh called on by farmers associations evoked partial response in Madurai city. All the shops were shut in some of the places, while they functioned as usual in most of the areas. Public transportaion is operated as usual.
