NAKODAR/SHAHKOT/NURMAHAL
The pan-India shutdown on Wednesday to oppose the Supreme Court ruling on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) failed to evoke a response in Nakodar Shahkot subdivisions and Nurmahal sub-Tehsil as life was not disrupted, except at few places.
Banking services and operation of educational institutions and business establishments were normal, although heavy security personnel were deployed in Punjab’s SC-dominated Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur districts that were vulnerable to disruption.
Traffic across was plying normally and there was no report of activists of political parties squatting on national highways and rail tracks.
There was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere. Emergency medical services were exempted from the blockade.
Sufficient security arrangements were made in arrears to prevent any untoward incidents Flag marches, were organized.
A section of Dalit and Adivasi groups have called for a nationwide strike to protest. Left parties, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) have announced that they would extend support to the nationwide bandh.