Highlights of the Nabanna March: Police at the Howrah Bridge use tear gas and water cannons; Bengal calls for a 12-hour countrywide strike on Wednesday.
In Kolkata's College Square, the demonstration got underway amidst heightened security. |
| Water cannons and tear cells near Howrah Bridge |
Earlier, as the "Nabanna Abhiyan" protest march got underway on Tuesday in Kolkata's College Square, a sizable audience assembled there.
In the midst of the ongoing controversy surrounding the rape and killing of a resident physician at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Paschimbanga Chattro Samaj, a student organization, announced on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, a "March to Nabanna," calling for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to resign. But the cops have declined to give the go-ahead for the protest. Water cannons and tear cells near Howrah Bridge
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front declared in an official statement that they did not organize the student rally and that they would not be taking part in the march.
In anticipation of violence during the march, which is set to start at 2 p.m., thousands of police have been stationed throughout Kolkata and major routes leading to the Secretariat have been blocked.
In anticipation of violence during the march, which is set to start at 2 p.m., thousands of police have been stationed throughout Kolkata and major routes leading to the Secretariat have been blocked.
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