Rapid Action Force personnel walk past closed shops at wall city during ‘Bharat bandh’ over Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes reservation issue, in Jaipur on Tuesday. Officials in MP said the call for Tuesday’s bandh was given on social media and no organisation had come forward so far to claim responsibility for it. On Monday, the Union home ministry had issued advisory to all states to beef up security and prevent violence during the Bharat Bandh against caste-based reservations in jobs and education. “The situation in the state (Rajasthan) is peaceful,” ADG (Law and Order) N.R.K. The state police is also keeping a watch on the social media,” Madhya Pradesh home minister Bhupendra Singh told reporters.

Source: Mint April 10, 2018 09:45 UTC