'Left' bandh a non-starter, Gurgaon normal

The much-anticipated nation-wide bandh today, called supposedly by the Left parties, turned out to be non-starter. Left parties' functionaries and leaders of central trade unions said a bandh had never been called. It was just mis-reporting by the media.

"We don't know from where the media got the idea that there was a nation-wide bandh called today by the Left. We had only planned to hold protest meetings in various parts of the country and send a memorandum to the government," said a functionary of Centre of Indian Trade Union.

After a week of turbulence, Gurgaon has returned to normalcy. No untoward incident has been reported In the last few days. Business establishments including shops and malls in the region a reported normal day today.

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, in the eye of the storm, said about 612 permanent employees, 33 apprentices and 144 casual workers reported to work today for the first shift.

The turnout for the second shift was not known, but the company said the shift commenced as planned. According to a spokesperson, HMSI will start producing to its full capacity 2,000 units a day by the end of the week.