The 'Bharat Bandh' called on Tuesday by the farmer union to press for the repeal of the Central government's latest approved farm laws received partial response in West Bengal with protester moreover ,they burn the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, business honchos Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani on Jessore Road here.The striker staged a road obstruction near Lake Town and Bangur . West Bengal's Left Front-backed administrations also assemble at Kolkata's Jadavpur 8-B bus stand ; supporting the area to be shutdown on Tuesday. They will be brought up with a rally to extend support for the shutdown call.
Tram and bus services were also disrupted on Kolkata's College Street area as agitators were going to be staged protests on Tuesday morning. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) ,youth arm members also verified at Esplanade area in support of the shutdown. Engaging people to join the shutdown, moreover, farmer leaders said, they will block key roads during their 'chakka jam' protest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday as part of their nation-wide stir.West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has extend "ethical support" to the nationwide strike and in harmony will stage sit-ins on different parts of the state for the next three days.
The state's current formation, however, said that it would not enforce the strike called by the farmers as the party is against bandh culture.
"We support the issues raised by the farmers. We will hold objection programmes and sit-in demonstrations. The farmers have our moral support," veteran Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy said.
Making the appeal on behalf of 16 Left and associate parties, West Bengal Left Front (LF) chairman Biman Bose already urged the people of the state to make Bharat Bandh a grand success.
A rally is likely to be organised by 16 Left and associate parties from Entally market at 11 a.m. which would be attended by Biman Bose, Surya Kanta Mishra and many senior CPI-M leaders.In support of the shutdown, Left organisations and the Congress jointly took out a rally this morning in Birbhum's Rampur hat area. In Bankura district, the farmers staged a sit-in demonstration near Govindonagar while transport workers in the district suspended daily public transport services there in solidarity with the farmers. In Jalpaiguri's Dhupguri area, LF-backed protesters also disrupt public transport services in support of the 'Bharat Bandh'.
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Meanwhile, the Centre has issued an advisory to directing all the states governments and Union Territories to tighten security and ensure peace is maintained throughout the country during the 'Bharat Bandh'.The farmer leaders also said that no one should be forced to participate in the shutdown, adding it is a four-hour representative deadlock for an ideological cause.