Mysore/Mysuru, May 16 -- With the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) giving a Nation wide bandh call on May 20 in protest against the unregulated functioning of online medicine sales platforms and deep discounting practises adopted by e-Pharmacy companies, there has been a mixed response to the bandh call by Pharmacists of the city.

While the Mysuru District Chemists and Druggists Welfare Association (MDCDWA) has extended its full support to the bandh, the Mysore District Chemists and Distributors Association (MDCDA) has opposed the bandh.

The MDCDA President S. Manjunath said that the Association has not extended support to the May 20 bandh call, taking into account public interests and service to the society as d...