Counterproductive!

People are now sandwiched between price rise of fuels on the one hand and excesses done by the political parties to lodge protest against such hike on the other.CITU called 24hr-transport strike which was virtually 'Banglala bandh' in a few hours' notice against price hike of petrol, diesel and cooking gas that put people to maximum possible hardships. Couldn’t it be called offering people reasonable time so that they were not at least taken by surprise by the suddenness of such Bandh call? Did it dilute the protest that was intentended to make?Reportedy two other bandhs are in the pipe line on the same issue- all India bandh by four Left parties and a Bharat Bandh by trade unions. Isn’t it sheer madness-three consecutive bandhs on the same issue? As the issue is the same a single Bandh could be called on the same day by different organizations jointly. A bandh affects our economy in a big way and put people in extreme difficulties. But who cares for economy and plight of the people either? What actually occurs is Bandh as a democratic weapon of protest is blunted by repeated use or misuse and people get disgusted. It alienates public from the movement against the issue on which the bandh is called. In other words whole efforts by the political parties prove counter productive.