Farmers' outfit calls 12-hour Odisha bandh over school textbook errors

A farmers' rights outfit has called for a 12-hour bandh in Odisha today in protest over errors in school textbooks. The group has been staging a relay hunger strike since August 20 to press its demands on the matter.

The outfit assured that the bandh would remain completely peaceful. The escalation comes after weeks of sustained protests through the hunger strike format.