{"id":301282,"date":"2018-08-09T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=301282"},"modified":"2019-06-19T06:42:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T06:42:20","slug":"maharashtra-bandh-protestors-disrupt-road-traffic-in-various-parts-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/maharashtra-bandh-protestors-disrupt-road-traffic-in-various-parts-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra bandh: Protestors disrupt road traffic in various parts of state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-300752 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/maratha-bandh-1-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/maratha-bandh-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/maratha-bandh-1-527x420.jpg 527w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/maratha-bandh-1.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Maratha leaders today called for Maharashtra bandh from 8 am to 6 pm across the state seeking reservation in education and jobs. \u00a0Maratha leaders said, the bandh would be carried out peacefully and there will be no violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">But elaborate security arrangements have been made by the Maharashtra police in view of the shutdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Schools and Colleges in Maharashtra&#8217;s Pune have been shut today as a precautionary measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, protesters have disrupted road traffic in Latur, Jalna, Solapur and Buldhana districts as part of their day-long agitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Last month too, Maratha Kranti morcha and Maratha groups had held protests seeking 16% reservation in government jobs and education which had turned violent in some parts of Maharashtra.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maratha leaders today called for Maharashtra bandh from 8 am to 6 pm across the state seeking reservation in education and jobs. \u00a0Maratha leaders said, the bandh would be carried out peacefully and there will be no violence. But elaborate security arrangements have been made by the Maharashtra police in view of the shutdown. Schools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":300752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2100,2014,2026],"tags":[1467,4078,964],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301283,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301282\/revisions\/301283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/300752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}