Farmers protest: Opposition calls for 'Bharat Bandh'

New Delhi: Opposition parties have decided to use the farmers’ agitation to take on the Modi government in a big way by calling a “Bharat Bandh” next week. Though the date is yet to be decided, there are hectic parleys going on between top leaders of the Congress, CPI(M), JD(U) and the NCP. On Thursday, apart from Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi, a host of leaders, including JD(U)’s Sharad Yadav, went to visit Mandsaur in MP where seven farmers were killed in reported police firing.