Bullock carts, street skits – Unique ways of Bharat Bandh protests in pics

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Normal life came to a standstill in many cities and states on Monday during an opposition-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' against the hike in fuel prices. Educational institutes were shut and vehicles were off the roads during the protest which was largely peaceful, barring some incidents of violence. Various opposition parties staged protests in multiple ways, unique in their own way.

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Leaders of opposition parties sit on the road, reading newspapers, during protests held in Odisha's Bhubaneswar on Monday. (Twitter/ANI)

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Workers from the Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik party sleep on railway tracks in order to block them in Patna's Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station in support to the Bharat Bandh called by Congress and other opposition parties today. (Twitter/ANI)

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In Chhattisgarh's Raipur, Congress workers stage a protest in form of a skit to showcase the common's fight against the rise in gas and fuel prices. (Twitter/ANI)

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The Bharat Bharat protest evoked a good response in the BJP-ruled state of Chhattisgarh where many business establishments remained shut in major cities including Raipur and buses stayed off roads. (Twitter/ANI)

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In Bihar, the Loktantrik Janata Dal workers carry a motorbike on their shoulders to protest against fuel price hike in Patna. (Twitter/ANI)

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Congress workers carry a motorcycle on a bullock cart during Bharath Bandh protests in Delhi's Preet Vihar on Monday afternoon. (Twitter/ANI)

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Senior Congress leaders, including Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken, also protested by riding a bullock cart to a petrol pump near Rajendra Place. (Twitter/ANI)