The Trinamul Congress (TMC) is facing unrest in South 24-Parganas after a section of party workers launched protests in Canning East, demanding that sitting MLA Saokat Molla be retained as the candidate from the constituency instead of being shifted to Bhangar.
Congress workers, led by state party leaders, tried to march towards the Assembly building but were stopped midway leading to bedlam and blockade of the road between Karnprayag and Gairsain.
The protest, led by the Rajasthan Sonam Wangchuk Release Forum, was held near the main gate of the jail, where demonstrators staged a dharna in support of their demand.
From Indore to Puducherry and Varanasi to Delhi, BJP workers staged demonstrations condemning the disruption, with several protests turning violent.
The development comes in the wake of the state government’s new scheme Yuva Sathi, which offers financial assistance to unemployed youths.
The INDIA bloc will take its fight against the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Bihar to the streets on 9 July by participating in the Bharat Bandh called by the Left parties.
Protesting the Centre’s alleged bid to privatize public electricity utilities, members of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees & Engineers (NCCOEEE), West Bengal Chapter, held a state-wide demonstration on Wednesday.
Councillors from the opposition AAP on Thursday dumped garbage outside the office of Mayor Raja Iqbal to register their protest against the failure of the ruling BJP in managing the city's sanitation facilities.
Leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) staged a protest at the Maharashtra legislature complex on Wednesday, the third day of the monsoon session of the Maharashtra assembly.
With the administrative officers abstaining from duty, the day-to-day functioning of public offices in the district headquarters, sub division and blocks has come to a near-standstill.
