Monday, 16 September 2024
Monday, 16 September 2024
BJP called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on August 28 to protest against the police action on those who took part in the march to state secretariat Nabbana on Tuesday.
Train services have been disrupted across Hooghly, Katwa, Sealdah South Branch, Murshidabad, and Krishnanagar, with local trains halted on various lines.
BJP workers hit the streets early morning on Wednesday, blocking roads across West Bengal to implement the 12-hour state bandh.
BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar along with party workers block railway tracks at Shantipur station during the party's 12-hour general strike in Bengal (Bengal Bandh) to protest the police action against participants of Tuesday's ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ rally which was held against the Kolkata RG Kar incident, in Nadia.
BJP workers demonstrated at the Bongaon station in North 24 Parganas, Gocharan station in South 24 Parganas, and the Murshidabad station.
BJP workers blocked the way of a local train in Hooghly station.
At Bata Chowk, police detained BJP leader Locket Chatterjee. She stated that the more people the police detain, the more will join the protest.
A BJP worker lies on the road to block the way of a state government bus during the party's 12-hour general strike in Bengal (Bengal Bandh) to protest the police action against participants of Tuesday's ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ rally which was held against the Kolkata RG Kar incident, in Siliguri, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.
PTIGovernment bus services were partially affected in places like Siliguri and Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal.
Police personnel detain a BJP worker during a demonstration amid the party's 12-hour general strike in Bengal.
BJP workers in Malda, stop a bus on National Highway 12 during the party's 12-hour general strike in Bengal.
BJP leader Rahul Sinha (sitting, 3rd from left) along with party workers raised slogans as security personnel stand guard during the party's 12-hour Bengal bandh.
Police personnel detained a few BJP workers as party activists blocked trains at Kharagpur Railway station during the Bengal bandh protests.
BJP leader Priyangu Pandey claims his vehicle was fired upon in Bhatpara, Barrackpore.
During the protest, Rupa Ganguly appealed to the public with folded hands to support the bandh.
BJP alleged that two of its workers were shot at in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillor Sajal Ghosh was detained from his residence in Sealdah shortly after BJP workers scuffled with TMC supporters while trying to enforce the bandh in the nearby Koley Market.
