The normal life remained unaffected in Delhi on Monday with offices, schools and colleges opening at their regular time and vehicles plying on the roads despite a 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the Congress and protests staged by it across the national Capital against rising prices of petrol and diesel.
The protest remained largely "peaceful". However, the Congress's youth wing alleged that its leaders including vice president Srinivas B V were injured in a lathi-charge by police near Delhi Gate during the protest.
Traffic movement was normal across the city. However, roads leading to Rajghat and Ramlila Maidan, where Congress president Rahul Gandhi and senior party leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, held a protest, witnessed traffic congestion.
Delhi Police issued a statement later in the day that no untoward incident has taken place during the Bharat Bandh called by Congress party. "Delhi Police has made elaborate arrangements across the city to ensure that people were not inconvenienced. Senior police officers, district DCPS, ACPs, SHOs were asked to be on the roads to keep a tab on anti-social elements who take advantage of such situations to create trouble. Delhi Traffic Police had also made detailed arrangements to man traffic flow" said Anil Mittal the Additional Spokesperson of Delhi Police.