Hyderabad, Aug. 22 -- Amid the ongoing 'Marwari Go Back' movement in Telangana, a bandh was observed across the state on Friday, August 22.

Traders voluntarily closed their shops. Businesses remained shut in several districts, including Yadadri, Narayanpet, Jangaon and Nalgonda. The bandh was called for by the Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OUJAC).

The OUJAC chairman, Kothapalli Tirupathi Reddy, announced the bandh and urged the Telangana people to participate in the bandh successfully. He said that the Marwari businessmen are destroying the lives of the traders of Telangana by adopting deceptive business strategies.

"The Telangana police are seeing the activities of the Marwari. The protest will take the form of agitation ...