Bharat Bandh: These stories of death, violence and destruction are why Rahul Gandhi needs to wake up to what his dharna politics is encouraging

In a tragic and infuriating incident borne out of attempt to enforce Bharat Bandh call over high prevailing fuel prices all over India, a 2-year-old has died in Bihar's Jehanabad, allegedly because protests prevented parents from taking her to hospital in time.

However, while girl's parents are insisting that ir daughter died because ambulance didn't reach hospital on time, officials are denying that bandh had any role to play in delay. SHO Jehanabad Paritosh Kumar, shockingly, blamed family, claiming that y had left late from ir home (something he has little chance of kwing about), and that death wasn't related to bandh or traffic jam. parents, on or hand, are clear that y left with eugh time to have made had y t been blocked.

Addressing a news briefing on Bharat Bandh, Union Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad  raised infant's death and asked:

"Everyone has a right to protest but what is happening today? Petrol pumps and buses being set ablaze, putting to risk lives. A child died after an ambulance was stuck in protests in Bihar's Jehanabad. Who is responsible? Will Congress party take responsibility for it?"

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SCHOOL BUSES ATTACKED IN PUNE

Or incidents of violence, intimidation and hooliganism have been reported from all corners of country as citizens have been prevented from going about ir day.

In Pune, in a set of shocking incidents, school buses allegedly came under attack by stone-pelters. Windows of school buses appeared to have taken dam and in some cases, stones broke clean through landing inside.

One of buses was attacked early in morning as it was on its way to pick up children. Luckily, body was injured in attack.

When Republic TV spoke to Harish Thadaney, president of Caelum School, he confirmed that protestors bullied students and teachers. school has been shut for day, he said, adding, "this is way to protest. Incent lives are being threatened."

CITIZENS FACE FORCIBLE DISRUPTION

In Bengaluru, visuals have been accessed of an ambulance being stuck at Mysore circle in city as protestors holding Congress flags prevented it from moving ahead. It was only after a 15-minute delay that it was allowed to move ahead.

Meanwhile, in Ujjain, visuals have been accessed of protestors vandalising a petrol pump -- an extremely irresponsible and dangerous thing to do. In Bihar too, visuals have been accessed of people's vehicles being damd. And in Mumbai, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam was detained for trying to enforce a rail roko at rush hour at critical Andheri railway station. 

While his party-members were participating in protests of kind listed above, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, meanwhile, took opportunity to politically attack Modi government.

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