The new law attracts a 7-10-year prison sentence for drivers falling foul of it. As a result of this protest, people at petrol pumps faced long queues.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla to hold a meeting with the representatives of All India Transport Congress in New Delhi at 7 p.m. amid a nationwide strike of drivers and truckers against the stringent hit-and-run provision under the new Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita