Protest against amended Anti-Citizenship Act continues on Sunday; Mamata to lead protest march on Monday
Kolkata/IBNS: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a march against the amended Citizenship Act on Monday.
Agitation against the newly amended law continued to rock West Bengal on Sunday. Protestors blocked the road connecting Birbhum and Murshidabad districts with burnt tires at various places.
Trinamool Congress district president and former MLA Shaukat Molla led a protest march in South 24 Parganas' Canning.
A procession against the Citizenship Amendment Act was held in Howrah from Shibpur Tram Depot to Howrah Maidan by Trinamool activists led by state MInister Arup Roy.
Agitators burnt tires on railway tracks in Taluka Road Railway Station in Malda district's Harishchandrapur. A large police force has been deployed at the stop.
Meanwhile, passengers staged protests in Kharagpur station and gheraoed the Station Master's office after Howrah-Sikanderbad Falaknama Express allegedly departed before the scheduled time. The passengers said they had travelled to Kharagpur in local trains to catch Falaknama Express on the scheduled time as updated by the railways. The Station Master said he had no information about such an update.
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