22nd January 2009 – Rourkela Bandh today

Gifting 15 acres of land in Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) campus to a private party has triggered protests with the opposition parties calling a city bandh today.
Opposition parties like Congress, NCP, LJP, JMM, BSP, CPI and CPI(M), who have been staging dharna in front of the RGH on the issue, have given the 12-hour bandh call.