The day-long bandh has been called by the VHP to give vent to the feelings of Hindus over the unjust arrest of the Kanchi seer.
Dharnas, rallies and fast are the means through which the protest is being expressed.
VHP leader Pravin Togadia insisted any negotiated settlement should involve handing over the disputed site to Hindus unconditionally.
He accused so called 'secular forces' of harming the country. He said 'such forces are also in the Union Cabinet' and they should be removed from there.
At a rally in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, she said the economic policies of the Centre did not spare even farmers.
'We want our military tanks in Lahore, missiles in Rawalpindi and the saffron flag in Karachi,' Togadia said at a trishul diksha programme in Delhi.
The judiciary cannot decide about issues related to Hindus, Pravin Togadia said.
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The court issued notices to the Gujarat CM and the VHP chief on a petition alleging that the Mumbai police did not accept a complaint against them.
At the same time the Congress government in Rajasthan is contemplating a ban on the distribution of the tridents by Sangh Parivar activists.
'He should declare whether he belongs to the Sangh Parivar, and if he believes so he has to abide by its discipline,' Ashok Singhal said.
'BJP is cutting him down to size as he is trying to emerge a Hindutva national hero.'
Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday accused the Vajpayee government of failure to put pressure on the Khaleda Zia regime to save minority Hindus from 'growing torture' and threatened to organise a economic blockade of Bangladesh.
The Uttar Pradesh government also said the then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao was 'indirectly' involved in it.
Narayan Prasad Pokarel, president, Nepal chapter of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, was gunned down around 0630 IST at Ram Nagar near Butwal, 300 km southwest of Kathmandu, sources in the organisation said.
Police have arrested five people in this regard.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad was unable to carry out its plan of a massive congregation in Ayodhya.
The outfit proposes to hold a meeting at the town to decide on the construction of the Ram Temple.
The outfit's Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh in charge Prabhu Narain Singh was also arrested.
Besides Bonde, Amravati district BJP president Nivedita Chaudhary, city Mayor Chetan Gawande, BJP state spokesperson Shivrai Kulkarni were also arrested.
The special court is hearing the 1992 demolition cases, including the one against BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti.
An alert has been sounded across the state and patrolling has also been intensified in view of the bandh, they said.
Like Pravin Togadia, Kishore was also not allowed to enter the Patna airport terminal building.
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