3rd July, 2008 : Hail Gujarat for you have shown how bandh can be tackled

As the entire nation will be held to ransom by nondescript organisations in the name of bandh, Gujarat will show how it can stay away.
The ruling BJP in Gujarat said on Wednesday that it will not join the nationwide bandh call given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on July 3. The bandh has been called to protest against the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board land transfer issue in Jammu and Kashmir. "The decision of not joining the bandh was taken by the party, keeping in mind the efforts put in by the organisers and devotees of Rath Yatra, to be taken out in more than 150 places across the state on July 4," state BJP president, according to news reports.