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The nationwide strike is unlikely to hit normal life in Kerala as the strike committee declared that only peaceful demonstrations will be held in the state.
In Kerala, a demonstration will be staged in front of Raj Bhavan and major centres in each district on Friday at 10 am.
The state-owned transport corporations operated very few buses in the southern districts fearing a backlash
Kannada Okkuta', an umbrella organisation for Kannada outfits including factions of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Kannada Chalavali (Vatal Paksha) and various farmers' bodies have given a call for the statewide dawn-to-dusk shutdown
The bandh is in protest of police action on its leaders during a march to the Secretariat on Monday.
The coastal locality in Kozhikode was bustling with activities on Friday as Popular Front of India observed a 12-hour hartal throughout Kerala.
Two LDF supporters, Reena O and Sreeja S, have been ordered to leave New Delhi 'with immediate effect' and return to Thiruvananthapuram.
In Kozhikode, supporters of the hartal allegedly ransacked the office of Asianet Broadband near Nadakkavu.
Public transport was hit in Kerala where the strike is supported by the ruling LDF and the opposition Congress-led UDF.
In a joint press statement issued on Thursday, the Left parties - CPI(M), CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP - appealed to people to come out in support of the strike.