NAKODAR /SHAHKOT /NURMAHAL
Punjab bandh was near total in Nakodar,shahkot and Nurmahal towns with a majority of the shops and
other business establishments remained closed. However government
offices, banks, chemists’ shops and petrol pumps were open.
Dalit bodies have called for a bandh against an attempt to vandalise a statue of B R Ambedkar in Amritsar.
Members of various Dalit bodies held protests at many places, strongly condemning the attempt to damage the statue of Ambedkar.