"Some parties are trying to take political advantage by calling a bandh. We are against it. We are not supporting it," BJP state president Rahul Sinha told reporters here.
He said the daily activities of people get affected by bandhs and they were against it.
Opposition parties like the Left Front, Congress and SUCI(C) have called a 12-hour Howrah district bandh in protest against the killing of Arup Bhandari.
"The police has failed to arrest the culprits. This shows how inefficient our police and administration is," Sinha said while condemning the incident.
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