The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s 12-hour hartal on Tuesday hit life. Public transport vehicles stayed off the road and banks and business establishments downed shutters. The hartal was to press for the resignation of Finance Minister K.M. Mani in view of bribery charges levelled against him.
Almost all educational institutions remained closed. Government offices functioned with abysmally low attendance. Parallel transport services arranged by the police and a private organisation at Thampanoor came as a relief to people.
Miscreants threw stones at a bus of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation at Neyyattinkara early in the day. No case was registered, the police said. The BJP said its cadres were not involved in the incident.
BJP workers took out a march to the Secretariat where they were addressed by party State unit president V. Muraleedharan.
