Jharkhand Shuts Down- JMM Bandh








The anger in Jharkhand over the gunning down of Mahato hit the streets and the highways.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha called a statewide bandh on Monday, 5th of March in protest against the gunning down of its Lok Sabha MP Sunil Mahato. The bandh was a dawn- to-dusk shutdown. All parties (Congress, BJP, CPI(M), CPI, RJD, AJSU and LJP ) extended support to the bandh.
The bandh, which began amidst tight security, was incident-free except some stray incidents of stone-throwing and blocking of roads at various places in the State, including Gamariah, where Mahato's residence is situated. Emergency services like hospitals and water services were exempted from the bandh.Traffic on the Ranchi-Jamshedpur, Ranchi-Patna & Kolkata-Delhi highways was brought to a standstill. Train services in some parts of the state were also hit with JMM workers sitting on the tracks.In Jamshedpur, JMM workers burnt tyres and blocked roads. JMM and Congress workers raised slogans against Naxals. “It is an irreparable loss to the party,” said deputy chief minister Sudhir Mahto.

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