Maharashtra Bandh Receives Mixed Response With Parts Of State Affected, Shiv Sena Claims 100% Success - See Photos

The 'Maharashtra bandh' called by the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi partners to protest the death of farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri received a mixed response on Monday with the shutdown getting traction in major cities like Pune and Mumbai, but life remained largely unaffected in rural and semi-urban areas. (PTI Photos)

Mumbai: Shops closed in Dadar as the Congress-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance called a bandh in Maharashtra to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that claimed the lives of 8 people including 4 farmers, in Mumbai, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

The 'Maharashtra bandh' called by the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi partners to protest the death of farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri received a mixed response on Monday with the shutdown getting traction in major cities like Pune and Mumbai, but life remained largely unaffected in rural and semi-urban areas. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

In Mumbai, which has a considerable Sena influence, shops and other commercial establishments, barring those engaged in selling essential items, remained shut. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

Mumbai Police detains Shiv Sena party workers during their protest at Worli junction. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

In the metropolis, police registered two FIRs, arrested 28 persons for staging protests during the day-long bandh and for violating COVID-19 norms, and released them on bail later, an official said, more than 200 people were also detained. An aerial view of Maharashtra Bandh in Navi Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

Barring stray incidents of violence like stone pelting, the shutdown was largely peaceful. The buses of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (the transport service of the city civic body) and many of the traditional 'black-yellow cabs' remained off the roads, which led to huge crowds of commuters at stations of suburban trains whose operation remained unaffected. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

Chandivali MLA Dilip Lande along with Shiv Sena party workers protest as the Congress-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance called a bandh in Maharashtra to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in Mumbai, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. (PTI Photo)

"The black-yellow taxis were operating, but their number is very less. Taxi operations outside the city airport were unaffected," said AL Quadros, general secretary of the Mumbai Taximens' Union. The Metro rail services also operated normally in the city. Railway officials said suburban and outstation trains operated without any disruption. (PTI Photo)

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar along with Shiv Sena party workers protest at Worli junction. Top leaders of the NCP - state president and senior minister in the MVA government Jayant Patil, his cabinet colleague Nawab Malik and NCP MP Supriya Sule - also staged a protest at the Hutatma Chowk in south Mumbai, holding placards and raising slogans against the BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and at the Centre. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

Talking to reporters, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, The bandh was 100 per cent successful. People have wholeheartedly participated in the bandh." On reports of violence during the shutdown, Raut said, "Such minor incidents take place during protests all over the world." He said all the three MVA parties participated in the bandh will full force. (PTI Photo)

JJ Flyover looks almost deserted during the Maharashtra Bandh, in Mumbai, Monday, October 11, 2021. (PTI Photo)

In Thane city, Shiv Sena activists reportedly caned auto-rickshaw drivers who were ferrying passengers defying the bandh. At many places, protesters forced shopkeepers to down their shutters, PTI reported. In Pune, most of the shops and commercial establishments remained closed. The bandh evoked mixed response in Nashik. Buses, autorickshaws and taxis were running as usual on several routes of the district (PTI Photo)