BJP calls for Bengal Bandh on Wednesday to protest against atrocities by police on students

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on Wednesday to protest police action on participants of the march to the state secretariat.

Although, West Bengal government has stated that life will remain normal tomorrow and that buses and other transportation will operate as usual.

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari earlier today alleged that police resorted to "brutal repression" on peaceful participants of 'Nabanna Abhijan' rally and had threatened to stall West Bengal if the "brutalities" by state administration was not stopped.

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BJP's warning to state govt:
"Police are using water cannon on peaceful protestors at Santragachi, burst tear gas shells on the students at Howrah Bridge, lathicharged them at College Street. Please stop these brutalities immediately," the senior BJP leader told reporters.

Adhikari had said, "If the police repression is not stopped immediately, we (BJP) will stall West Bengal tomorrow."

"An alarming situation has been created by this administration. Scores of protestors have been injured. If the commissioner of police Vineet Goyal and the DGP don't stop such brutalities, we will not sit idle. I am going to Howrah station en route to Belur Math as I don't want to break law. We are not joining the Chhatra Samaj movement as they had asked us not to come to the forefront but we are with them," he said.

Adhikari said over 8,000 policemen were deployed by Kolkata Police to prevent peaceful students from demanding justice on road.

The organiser of the march Chhatra Samaj has said no BJP leader or leader of any other political party will be in the forefront of their apolitical protest rally demanding ouster of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her alleged failure to ensure safety of women.