SILIGURI, 11 JAN: The Bangla O Bangla Bhasa Bachao Committee (BOBBBC), which convened a state-wide bandh demanding scrapping of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) accord on 16 January, has threatened to paralyse life across north Bengal.
“We would block trains at several stations and also would squat on roads to block traffic on the bandh day,” said the outfit’s president, Dr Mukunda Majumdar today in Siliguri.
“We are confident that the shutdown would be complete in north Bengal. The people overwhelmingly supported our 48-hour shutdown call on 17 and 18 July last year to ventilate protest against the unconstitutional GTA accord. The same would happen this time too, for the people would not countenance any attempt to grant autonomy to a region the citizenship-identity of whose population has remained under question,” he said.
He further said that they would picket at educational institutions and government and private establishments in Siliguri on 16 January. “This aside, we would not allow rail and road traffic in Siliguri and adjoining areas on that day,” he said.
However, the Siliguri administration is taking steps to keep life normal on the bandh day. “We would not allow any disruption either in rail or on the roads, for this would amount to violation of the judicial strictures. We would arrest the picketers if they are found disrupting normal life. Additional force would be deployed to tackle the situation,” said the additional superintendent of police, Siliguri, Mr Amit P. Javalgi.
“We would block trains at several stations and also would squat on roads to block traffic on the bandh day,” said the outfit’s president, Dr Mukunda Majumdar today in Siliguri.
“We are confident that the shutdown would be complete in north Bengal. The people overwhelmingly supported our 48-hour shutdown call on 17 and 18 July last year to ventilate protest against the unconstitutional GTA accord. The same would happen this time too, for the people would not countenance any attempt to grant autonomy to a region the citizenship-identity of whose population has remained under question,” he said.
He further said that they would picket at educational institutions and government and private establishments in Siliguri on 16 January. “This aside, we would not allow rail and road traffic in Siliguri and adjoining areas on that day,” he said.
However, the Siliguri administration is taking steps to keep life normal on the bandh day. “We would not allow any disruption either in rail or on the roads, for this would amount to violation of the judicial strictures. We would arrest the picketers if they are found disrupting normal life. Additional force would be deployed to tackle the situation,” said the additional superintendent of police, Siliguri, Mr Amit P. Javalgi.
SNS
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