Trains disrupted in Bihar, DMK’s Stalin detained by police

Mangalore Today News Network

Chennai, Nov 28, 2016: Opposition parties including the Congress, Left parties, Samajwadi Party and the Trinamool Congress are observing ‘Jan Aakrosh Diwas’ on Monday to protest against the Centre’s demonetisation move.

The first week of the winter session in Parliament saw opposition parties stand as a united front, but they appear divided on how they will protest against the move on Monday.

The Left Front is intent on holding a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal, but the Trinamool Congress-led state government has vowed to foil it. The state finance department has issued a circular stating that all employees would be required to attend office on Monday and Tuesday, and exceptions would be made only in case of bereavement, maternity leave, hospitalisation and other ‘genuine reasons’.

Traders associations

All major traders associations in the national capital said no political party asked them to participate in the shut down against demonetisation. Sanjeev Mehra, Khan Market Traders Association (KMTA) said he heard about the proposed ‘bandh’, but no one approached him.

Samajwadi Party workers torched an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi near Prayag Station in Allahabad, while Congress activists held a public meeting at Clock Tower in Chowk in protest against demonetisation.

Leaders of both the political parties made it clear that their act was not part of ‘Bharat Bandh’ but only against sudden demonetisation of currency notes which comprised of around 86% share of currency circulation in country.