BANDH TOTAL AND PEACEFUL

The bandh call given by BJP invoked total and peaceful response in Kodagu, except verbal skirmishes.

The BJP leaders stepped on to streets at six in the morning and blocked vehicular traffic at Madikeri, Somwarpet, Virajpet, Gonicoppal, Kushalnagar , Shanivarsanthe and other important towns.

While huge trees were felled at Makkandur to block the roads, heavy boulders and tyres were laid across the roads in many places.

Shops and business establishments remained closed throughout the district. Schools and colleges were closed on requests. Few schools were closed as students could not make it as there was no transport.

Busses and taxies remained off road and even the state transport did not take off.

However government offices and few banks remained open.

MLA Mr.K.G.Bopaiah and MLA Mr.H.D.Basavaraju took the lead at Madikeri and Virajpet taluks. BJP district president Mr.S.G.Medappa took the lead at Somwarpet taluk.

Effigies of Sonia Gandhi were burnt at few places. Meanwhile, the youth congress led by its district president Mr.Arun Kumar burnt the effigy of Uma Bharati at Kushalnagar.