Counting underway for Bengal’s 6 Assembly seats, Trinamool leads in three
Counting is underway for bypolls to six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. As per the early trends, Trinamool Congress led three of the six Assembly constituencies.
The central trade unions’ 48-hour nationwide strike remained largely ineffective across West Bengal on its second day on Wednesday barring a few sporadic incidents of vandalism.
Train services were briefly affected on the Sealdah-Lakshmikantapur Namkhana and Diamond Harbour sections of Eastern Railway as strike supporters threw banana leaves on overhead wires.
A few trains, including the Howrah-Puri Satabdi Express, however, had to be cancelled, an official said.
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Train services were also halted on the Sealdah-Habra line after a number of crude bombs were found along the railway track near North 24 Pargana district’s Habra area.
The protestors allegedly ransacked a public bus in Cooch Behar’s Dinhata area.
Another bus was vandalised in Howrah district’s Dasnagar where two schoolchildren sustained minor injuries.
On Tuesday, few Left activists, including CPI-M leader Sujan Chakraborty, were detained while picketing in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur. He was later released.
Left activists and members of the trade unions staged a rally in north Kolkata’s Shyambazar.
Another group of protesters clashed with the police near Howrah’s Bally.
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