Has the Congress-led bandh succeeded in cornering Modi government?

The Bharat Bandh called by the Congress to protest the rising fuel prices has thrown normal life out of gear across the country. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi led the protest in New Delhi along with the leaders of various Opposition parties.

Twenty-one Opposition parties are supporting the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress, besides a number of chambers of commerce and traders' associations.

Maharashtra was the worst affected by the bandh, with the state Congress protesting in various parts of the state. The shutdown was backed by other Opposition parties, such as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), the Samajwadi Party, the Peasants and Workers' Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).