Summary:
VIJAYAWADA: One day state bandh organised by the Pratyeka Hoda Vibhajana Hamila Sadhana Samithi (PHVHSS) is receiving huge response. Police intensified the security as per the directions of state government and Chief Minister N.
Chandrababu Naidu. Opposition parties including YSRC, Jana Sena, Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) and Congress supported the bandh.Left party activists conducted huge protests at bus stations across state and stalled bus services. The PHVHSS Convenor Chalasani Srinivas, CPI state secretary K.
Rama Krishna, CPM state secretary P.
Madhu, YSRC City working president Malladi Vishnu Janasena leader P.
Mahesh participated in a protest held in front of Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) in city and stooped around 800 bus services which are scheduled to leave by 08.00 am.Shops and establishments in city remained closes as trade unions which includes Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Trade Unions Council (AITUC), YSR TUC and other voluntarily participated in bandh.Left parties blocked National Highway 16 for a while at PNBS..