<span style="color: #222222;">The nationwide strike call given by trade unions and left parties has evoked a mixed response in Andhra Pradesh today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Banking and transportation have been partially affected as most of the trade unions joined the strike. However, the strike has not been affected in a big way.<br />'' <br />''  The protesters were arrested in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Ongole and  Kadapa and some other towns when they tried to stop APSRTC buses from coming out from the depots.  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Holding their party flags, Congress, Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) and other Left parties and trade unions have squatted on the roads by raising slogans against the anti-people policies of the Central Govt.<br />'' <br />'' The bandh impact is quite visible in autonagar and Besant road areas in Vijayawada.  No untoward incidents took place anywhere in the AP State.</span><br />''