Accusing them of "imposing" the Bharat bandh for "political gain", Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said that the opposition parties were trying to disrupt peace, and law and order in the country in the name of the farmers' protest.

"The opposition, which could not get to power through people's support and votes, is infuriated and is trying to disrupt the law and order situation for political gain. We have seen scenes where workers of the opposition parties are forcefully shutting down shops and markets. The country does not want bandh. But a bandh on the opposition's misguided policies and corruption," the Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development told ANI here.