Former union finance minister and senior Congress leader Janardhana Poojary said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take steps to slash fuel prices which were sky-rocketed due to illegal storage of petroleum products in the country.

Seeking support for the Bharat Bandh from the businessmen, industrialists, merchants and general public, the district Congress workers and leaders took out a Padayatre in the city on Sunday.

Former Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde said that the organizations should work for the welfare of the poor in the community.

Vishwasantosh Bharati Guruji of Barakur Mahasansthan appealed the bunts community to stop lavishness and squandering of money in the name of Nagaradhane and spend that amount to help the poor in the community.

Following Bharat bandh to be held on September 10, the district administration declared holiday for all schools and colleges in the district to ensure law and order situation during the bandh on September 10.

Schools and colleges in Dakshina Kannada will remain shut in the wake of Bharat Bandh called by congress party.

Preparation for the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress, JDS, CPI, CPM and various other like minded organizations against fuel price hike and condemning the anti-people’s policies of the BJP-led NDA government at the centre, on September 10 is almost complete.

Various organizations have extended their support to the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress in the country on September 10 condemning the price hike of petroleum products.