Kantabanji, Feb. 20 -- Congress observed a 12-hour bandh in Kantabanji in Odisha's Balangir district protesting a death threat to MLA Santosh Singh Saluja.

The Nagar Congress Committee observed the dawn-to-dusk bandh intensifying the protest against the death threat.

Excluding schools and educational institutions, all the shops, market complexes, and business establishments remained closed due to the bandh. The protestors appealed to close the government offices.

Hundreds of Congress workers led by Kantabanji MLA Santosh Singh Saluja took out a motorcycle rally to protest the death threat.

"The 12-hour bandh call has been given by the Nagar Congress protesting posters threatening the MLA. We demand justice and seek stricter action aga...