BJP’s 12-hour WB shutdown Many leaders detained
   Date :29-Aug-2024

Police personnel detain
 Police personnel detain a BJP worker as party activists block trains at Kharagpur railway station during the party's 12-hour general strike in West Bengal.
 
 
KOLKATA :
 
BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP) workers clashed with the police at several places across West Bengal on Wednesday as they tried to enforce a 12-hour shutdown, which had a mixed impact in the State. Several BJP leaders, including former MPs Roopa Ganguly and Locket Chatterjee, Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya and MLA Agnimitra Paul, were detained for blocking roads since the morning.
 
The ‘Bangla Bandh’, which began at 6 am, was called by the BJP in protest against Tuesday’s police action on participants of ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ or march to the Secretariat, organisedbythe newly-formed students’ groupChatra Samajover the rape and murder of the doctor at RG Kar hospital. The shutdown partially affected dailylifein theState with many people choosing to remain indoors apprehending troubleon theroads. InStatecapitalKolkata, the usual weekday flurry was missing witha smaller numberofbuses, auto-rickshaws and taxisplying.Private vehicles were also significantly less, even as markets and shops remained open.Schools and colleges wereopen, though thenumber of students was fewer. Many English-medium schools in Kolkata suspended classes