Train services at several places across the country were affected after protesters blocked railway lines and stopped trains on Monday morning in the ongoing Bharat Bandh. Daily activities were also disrupted in few states after marketplaces and shops remained shut.
The first reports of protestors stopping train came from Odisha Sambalpur.
#BharatBandh over SC/ST protection act: Different groups including CPIML activists protest in Bihar’s Arrah, block a train pic.twitter.com/ss4jn1C4ak
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In Bihar’s Arrah, different groups including Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation or CPI(ML) activists also stopped a train.
#BharatBandh over SC/ST protection act: Different groups including CPIML activists protest in Bihar’s Arrah, block a train pic.twitter.com/ss4jn1C4ak
— ANI (@ANI) April 2, 2018
Later they blocked the train at Forbesganj Junction.
#BharatBandh over SC/ST protection act: Protesters stop train at Forbesganj Junction. #Bihar pic.twitter.com/NZr0LlTFQ6
— ANI (@ANI) April 2, 2018
In Punjab too, trains were stopped at few places.
The Bharat Bandh strike was called against the Supreme Court’s order to dilute the stringent provisions mandating immediate arrest under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act. The bandh is reportedly being supported by several groups such as the Peasants and Workers Party, the Prakash Ambedkar-led Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, the Jati Aant Sangharsh Samiti, the Rashtriya Seva Dal, and National Dalit Movement for Justice, among others.
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