Reacting to the clash between students and police, Left Front President Biman Bose said: “The way in which the police unleashed atrocities against the participants in the march to Nabanna created a situation somewhat similar to the historic Jallianwala Bagh incident.” .
The president of the Left Front stated that more than 150 students and young men and women were injured in the police action while participating in the program ‘Nabanna abhiyan’ of the student and youth wing of the left and the Congress that demanded jobs and better educational facilities .
Bose said the call for bandh has been discussed with the constituents of the Left Front and the Congress party, with which he has formed an electoral alliance for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.
In issuing a statement, the state government said that no casual leave for absence or leave will be granted to any employee nor will there be any exemptions for shift assignment reasons. “All state government offices, including those that receive state government grants, will remain open and all employees must report for service. No casual leave will be granted for absence or leave to any employee nor will there be any exemption for reasons of shift assignment, ”the state government read.
The Left-Congress alliance has emerged to make the Bengal ballot box a triangular fight with the TMC and the BJP. The march to Nabanna started on College Street, but was stopped by police on SN Banerjee Road in the Esplanade area. As activists tried to advance further by breaking through the heavy metal barricades, the police used water cannons.
Amid slogans against the Mamata Banerjee government, left-wing youth and students tried to climb over the barricades, after which the police charged with batons and also fired tear gas projectiles. Some police officers were also reported to have been injured in the clashes.
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