Activists of CPI(M) during a nationwide strike to protest (Bharat Bandh) called by BJP and left parties as a protest against price hike in petrol at Mangalore Central railway station on Thursday, May 31, 2012 . Opposition parties, the BJP and the Left, have called for a Bharat bandh today to protest last week's hike in petrol prices. Photo by RK Bhat/Indian Photo Agency