Normal life stood crippled on Saturday especially during the morning and noon hours on account of 'Raipur bandh’ called by Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress party in protest of rising criminal incidents in the city.
Schools and colleges had already declared holiday on Saturday while taking cognizance of 'Raipur bandh' called by the party. Petrol pumps and markets also remained closed during the bandh.
Congress party workers including State Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel, City Congress president Vikas Upadhyay and others roamed around on bikes while pleading people to support the bandh.
No untoward incident was reported till filing of the this report.
Interestingly, former State Chief Minister Ajit Jogi also supported the bandh and met with office bearers of Sarafa Association expressing his solidarity with them.
Notably, Congress party workers while protesting the murder of former Congress party legislator Shiv Daharia’s mother at his native place Chachanpairi, shoot out near Ramkrishna Care Hospital wherein a businessman was killed, narrow escape of former Deputy Mayor’s son in another shoot out incident in Tikarapara police station limits and similar others had called for bandh.
The bullion market also remained totally closed in support of the bandh. Though few vegetable vendors had reached Shastri Bazar but after an argument with the Congress party workers decided to close their shops.