Mumbai (Maharashtra) : In protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident that claimed the lives of eight people including four farmers, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) that comprises Congress, Shiv Sena, and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has called for a statewide bandh today .
According to Mumbai Police, security has been put into position at strategic points, with 3 companies of SRPF, 500 Home Guards, and 700 men from Local Arms units. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had opposed the ‘Maharashtra Bandh’ announced by the MVA.
BJP MLA Nitesh Rane has warned the state government not to shut shops forcefully.
Earlier in the cabinet meeting on October 6, the Maharashtra state cabinet minister passed a resolution to express its condolences over the unfortunate death of farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in Uttar Pradesh.
Cabinet ministers also paid tributes to the deceased farmers by observing 2 minutes silence
Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil had tabled the resolution which was being seconded by Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat and Industry Minister and Senior Shiv Sena leaders Subhash Desai. The MVA is a coalition of NCP, Congress, and Shiv Sena. All three parties and their allied partners will participate in the bandh, noted Patil.
On October 3, a total of eight people including four farmers died in violence in the Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.
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