Bharat Bandh LIVE Updates: Protesters vandalise government bus in Dinhata, driver injured

Trade unions will continue their 48-hour long strike across the country on Wednesday. The nationwide shutdown was called by 10 trade unions in protest against alleged anti-people policies of the central government. Stray incidences of violence were reported from West Bengal on Tuesday. Strike supporters burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and burnt tyres on streets in some parts of the state. In Howrah, Siliguri, Bardhaman, Birbhum, North and South 24 Paraganas, clashes were reported between Trinamool Congress workers and strike supporters as TMC activists tried to stop them from forcibly imposing the strike. There was a partial impact on banking operations as well. Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) claimed around 20 crore workers from all sectors of the economy participated in the strike across the country.  

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