28th July, 2008 - Now Church is in the hartal business

A day-long hartal in Changanassery town, called by the Catholic Church sponsored Minority Rights Protection Committee in protest against the attack on participants as total. What elsed do you expect bandhs in Kerala to do other than complete obedience. Shops and other commercial centres remained closed while vehicular service remained unaffected.The bandh and a rally was organised by the Archdiocese against the alleged attempt by the LDF government to propagate atheism through textbooks. The rally called for recall of the controversial Class VII Social Science textbook.