21st July, 2008 - Bandh fever grips Gujarat

In what was seen a normal murder mystery is now taking an ugly turn snowballing into a major controversy. Gujarat is now under the grip of bandhs as organisations are calling at their will a bandh and the people voluntarily accepting it. This would have swallowed the government in any other state but here the Modi government is not even bothering to respond to this agitation and none of the ministers have even consoled the grieving family of the cousin duo who died in mysterious circumstances in the ashram of a sect run by Asaram Bapu. The rivalry between different sects are also the reason for the controversy to get bigger. Today an amalgamation of 15 social organisations led by Jagega Gujarat Sangharsh Samiti (JGSS) has called for a Gujarat Bandh to register their protest.The Gujarat unit of the Congress has also extended its support to the bandh. They will also protest against the state government for not responding to the demands of handing over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation.