Bandh

'closing; shutting down') is a form of protest used by political activists in South Asian countries such as India and Nepal.

The community or political party declaring a bandh expects the general public to stay at home and not report for work.

The bandh prevented Indians from carrying out day-to-day tasks, especially in states that were ruled by the NDA and the Left.

Chief among their grievances were the cut in subsidies for diesel and cooking gas and the decision to allow foreign investors to own majority stakes in the retail sector, including supermarkets and department stores.

[8] On 3 January 2018, Prakash Ambedkar called for a bandh in response to an attack on Buddhists, as well as some Hindu dalit and Sikh people by supporters of the Hindutva ideology at Koregaon Bhima in Pune district, Maharashtra, and the lack of police action against the culprits.