Bharat bandh shuts down public transport

An Indian auto rickshaw driver stands among dozens of auto rickshaws parked during a nationwide strike called by trade unions in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Sporadic violence has broken out in India at the beginning of a two day strike by labor unions protesting rising prices and government policies to open the economy. Millions of bank and factory workers stayed away from work and public transport was shut down Wednesday after India's major trade unions called the countrywide strike. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The feet of a driver sticks out from his parked auto rickshaw during a nationwide strike called by trade unions in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Sporadic violence has broken out in India at the beginning of a two day strike by labor unions protesting rising prices and government policies to open the economy. Millions of bank and factory workers stayed away from work and public transport was shut down Wednesday after India's major trade unions called the countrywide strike. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian commuters wait for transport beside parked taxis during the first day of a two day nationwide strike called by trade unions in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Sporadic violence broke out in India at the beginning of a two day strike by labor unions protesting rising prices and government policies to open the economy. Millions of bank and factory workers stayed away from work and public transport was shut down Wednesday after India's major trade unions called the countrywide strike. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

An elderly Indian man waits for transport as he sits in front of a closed shop on the first day of a two day nationwide strike called by trade unions in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Sporadic violence has broken out in India at the beginning of a two day strike by labor unions protesting rising prices and government policies to open the economy. Millions of bank and factory workers stayed away from work and public transport was shut down Wednesday after India's major trade unions called the countrywide strike. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Rickshaw pullers watch members and supporters of the Communist Party of India Marxist walk with party flags in a rally during the first day of a two day nationwide strike called by trade unions, in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Sporadic violence has broken out in India at the beginning of a two day strike by labor unions protesting rising prices and government policies to open the economy. Millions of bank and factory workers stayed away from work and public transport was shut down Wednesday after India's major trade unions called the countrywide strike. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)