Many markets in Rajkot wore a deserted look. Shop-keepers of Sangnva Chowk, Para Bazar, Danapith, Marketing Yard, Dharmendra Road, Lakahjiraj Road, Raiya Road, Yagnik Road, Gundavadi, Bhaktinagar Circle and Canal Road had voluntarily closed their shops. Traders of Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Surendrnagar and many other towns in Saurashtra too observed a bandh to register their protest against the government's move. The ruling BJP had supported the bandh even as many party workers moved around the streets of Rajkot shouting slogans against the UPA government.
"Small time retail business is going to be affected across the country if FDI is allowed in the sector. We are already in deep trouble because of entry of big players in the business," a retailer from Rajkot said. However, medical stores remained open and so were government offices and educational institutes.
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