Normal life was hit in NDA and Left-ruled states today as rail, air and bus services were disrupted during a bandh called against fuel price hike.<br/><br/>Senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi were arrested in Lucknow while trying to lead aprocession towards the main Hazratganj crossing. BJP workers claimed that a number of party activists and leaders were injured when police baton-charged the protestors.<br/><br/>In NDA-ruled Bihar, Punjab and Karnataka, life was thrown out of gear with agitators stopping trains and buses. Schools, colleges and business establishments remained closed as groups of protestors hit streets trying to enforce the 12-hour bandh. In West Bengal and Kerala, air, rail and road services were disrupted. Only Air India flights operated out of NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata as streets wore a deserted look in the eastern metropolis where CITU gave the strike call.<br/><br/>In Maharashtra, police cracked down on trouble makers and detained nearly 10,000 people, official sources said.<br/><br/>Considering low passenger load in view of the bandh, domestic airlines have cancelled 45 departures and 39 arrivals at the domestic airport in Mumbai.<br/><br/>While taxis and auto-rickshaws are off the road in the country's financial capital, municipal buses and local trains were plying with very few passengers during the usually crowded morning hours.<br/><br/>At suburban Mulund railway station, BJP workers led by former MP Kirit Somaiya were detained while staging "rail roko".<br/><br/>Incidents of stone-pelting on buses and trains were reported from Pune and some parts of Mumbai.<br/><br/>In Delhi, the bandh evoked a lukewarm response though BJP workers blocked road, rail and Metro services in some areas.<br/><br/>Buses, autos and private vehicles were on the streets from the morning. Besides the BJP, those participating in the bandh are Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, JD-U, CPI-M, CPI, Forward Block, RSP, AIADMK, MDMK TDP, BJD, JD(S), AGP, Akali Dal and INLD to protest against the increase in fuel prices.<br/><br/>In Bihar, train and road services came to a virtual halt and shops and business establishment downed their shutters. Stray incidents of stone pelting were reported in Karnataka where BJP activists stopped the Mysore-Bangalore passenger train briefly and shouted slogans against the UPA government at the Centre.<br/><br/>In Kerala, shops remained closed and buses, taxis and autorickshaws kept off the roads throughout the state, seriously affecting mobility of people. No violence was reported from anywhere.<br/><br/>In Andhra Pradesh, bus services were badly hit as workers of various opposition parties staged demonstrations in front of some bus depots in Khammam, Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy and Kadapa districts.<br/><br/>Bandh supporters in Orissa picketed various Central government and PSU offices to prevent employees from reporting for duty and road and rail traffic disrupted in the state.