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BJP shutdown: clashes in some states, quiet in others

It acquired an ugly communal edge in Madhya Pradesh where two people were killed and led to highways being blocked and trains being stopped elsewhere -- the BJP-VHP shutdown against the decision to cancel land allotted to the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir hit some states, leaving others unaffected.9:02 PM on July 03