Bengaluru
The state-wide Karnataka bandh organised by pro-Kannada outfits against the formation of the Maratha Development Corporation evoked lukewarm response. Auto-rickshaws, app-primarily based cabs, state transport buses and metro solutions ran with no any hitch. Normal life remained unaffected in other components of the state as effectively.
There had been stray protests in a couple of locations across the state.
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s selection to generate a physique for the Maratha neighborhood is observed as a move by the ruling BJP to woo the neighborhood ahead of the bypolls to the Belagavi Lok Sabha seat and assembly seats in Maski and Basavakalyan. These dates for the bypolls have not been announced.