more-in Most of the shops remained closed across Puducherry for the Bharath bandh called by the Congress party protesting the hike in fuel price. Most private schools and petrol pumps remained closed while markets and commercial establishments in parts of Puducherry were shut. A few professional colleges functioned as usual. Congress workers were seen roaming around the town on two-wheelers to enforce the bandh. Steep rise in prices of petrol and diesel fleecing common people Effect led price rise and inflation why people in power silent 11 lakh crore collected for last four years Where it is. Loot and day light robbery. Time is not far of to throw away NDA govt.#PetrolDieselPriceHike — V.Narayanasamy (@VNarayanasami) September 9, 2018 Private vehicles continued to ply, though in reduced numbers. Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi has asked law enforcement to be stern against those disrupting peace. “Anyone damaging public property during the bandh call today must be dealt with under substantive law, based on evidence recorded from the spot. And cases chargesheeted... People and property must be protected without any favour, whoever it be,” she said. Today. Clear instructions to uphold the rule of law without hestitation or favour whoever it be. Police and executive magistracy be visibly effective to assure people that no damage to life and property shall be tolerated. @ANI @PTI_News @AshwaniKumar_92 — Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) September 10, 2018 Bandh supporters pelted stones at a TNSTC bus near the Nellithope signal, while the windscreens of a bus owned by private Arts and Science College were damaged in stone pelting at Muthialpet. Congress workers forced petrol bunks operated by government undertakings to shut down. Around 100 cadres belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India courted arrest while taking out a rally in support of Bharat bandh. Around 200 Youth Congress workers courted arrest near the New Bus Stand.

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