West Bengal Bandh: BJP Calls For 12-hour Shutdown Today to Protest Against Student’s Death in Islampur, Security Heightened

Following the call for bandh, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government said it will take strict action against those who were trying to enforce a bandh and blamed the saffron party of escalating the tense atmosphere in the state.

Written by: India.com News Desk

Updated: September 26, 2018, 6:56 AM IST

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Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal has called for a 12-hour bandh on Wednesday to register their protest against the death of two students during a demonstration regarding the appointment of school teachers in North Dinajpur’s Islampur district.

Following the call for bandh, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government said it will take strict action against those who were trying to enforce a bandh and blamed the saffron party of escalating the tense atmosphere in the state. The TMC added that it will take all precautionary measures to ensure that no untoward situation takes place in the state during the bandh.

West Bengal: Latest visuals from Kolkata's Esplanade. BJP has called for a 12-hour statewide bandh today in protest against the death of a student who died following a clash with police in North Dinajpur's Islampur. pic.twitter.com/dnl68hjUGl

— ANI (@ANI) September 26, 2018

It must be noted that state-run buses will run and a notification has been issued to the state government employees to stay in attendance for today. Also, the TMC government has asked the private and commercial institutions to function normally today. TMC secretary general and State Education Minister minister Partha Chatterjee has accused the BJP of playing politics and creating tension by calling a bandh in the state today.

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress MP Idris Ali moved the Calcutta High Court on September 25, Tuesday and sought that BJP withdraws its bandh decision.

For the unversed, the West Bengal Bandh has been called in the aftermath of the clash which took place between police and students. The skirmish ensued after they stopped two newly-recruited teachers from entering Daribhit High School in Islampur. This isn’t something new. The students have been protesting over the recruitment of both Urdu and Sanskrit teachers as they wanted vacancies in English and Science subjects to be filled first.

The clash resulted in the death of two students, Rajesh Sarkar and Tapas Barman. While the BJP alleged that the two students were killed in police firing, the police denied the claim saying they did not fire during the clash. North Dinajpur Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar said that police did not fire during the incident.