LIVE: CPM calls for WB bandh; violence breaks out in Asansol

Stranded passengers having their breakfast at NSCBI Airport DumDum. They’re all on their way to Kerala. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)

The Left Front has called for a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal on Thursday to protest against the incidents of violence during the just-concluded municipal polls. There are reports of violence from Asansol. The bandh coincides with another 24-hour nationwide transport bandh called by the Left-backed trade unions.

WATCH VIDEO

Howrah (WB): Unknown persons vandalize a Govt bus during ‘bandh’ called by opposition parties in Bengal. http://t.co/JI3NIyOOdp

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 30, 2015

Also read: Stuck between ‘adamant Left and unyielding govt’, the aam aadmi

Stranded due to the bandh, passengers at the NSCBI Airport DumDum wait to leave for their respective destinations.

Reflecting on this, CITU leader Shyamal Chakrabarty said the ruling party mobilized the police and other government machinery to campaign with mikes to thwart the bandh. “There is tremendous provocation from the government to create disturbance. But people will respond to the bandh call,” he said.

Source:: Indian Express