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Mixed response to strike call in Kolar, protesters detained

KOLAR: The all-India call given by various trade unions to protest against the spiralling price rise of essential commodities and the ‘anti-people’ policies of the Government evoked a mixed response in Kolar district on Wednesday.

While the agitation was by and large peaceful in Chickballapur district, the police detained scores of activists of various Left organisations for staging a demonstration in front of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation depot here, in support of the strike. The supporters allegedly blocked buses, forcing the police to take them into custody, Circle Inspector of Police Satyanarayan Kudur said. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions district president Gandhinagar Narayanswamy, Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha taluk president Holur Shankar, Janawadi Mahila Sanghatane leader V. Geetha, Democratic Youth Federation of India district president Sriram and Students Federation of India district secretary R. Meenakshi, were among those detained.

The strike was total in Kolar Gold Fields. Supporting the call, workers of BEML stayed away from duty. Banks, the Life Insurance Corporation, government offices, schools and colleges remained closed while traders downed their shutters. Taluk headquarters Bangarpet also observed a total bandh. Gowribidnur, Chintamani, Gudibande, Sidlaghat, Mittemari, Gulur, Bagepali also observed a total bandh.

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