With the Bharat Bandh evoking no response in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) Monday said the state government did not allow normal life to be paralysed, while the CPI(M) termed the party as a supporter of the BJP government at the Centre.
Though the TMC supported the issues for which the bandh was called, TMC Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said it opposed the shutdown to prevent loss of mandays and not to hamper the ongoing development process in the state.
Chatterjee said the state government did not allow normal life to be paralysed during the "Bharat Bandh" hours.
"Steps have been taken to keep alive normal life," Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said while leading a protest march at Entally area in Central part of the city.
Left Front Chairman Biman Bose alleged that TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's stance on the Bandh actually became "a support to the Narendra Modi government."
State BJP president Dilip Ghosh, on the other hand, said, "The TMC is opposing the bandh. But actually it is trying to provide oxygen to the ailing Congress and the CPI(M)."
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