Kolkata, Aug 27 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party has called a 12-hour West Bengal bandh on Wednesday to protest against alleged police excesses and lathi-charge on protesters during the Nabanna Avijan or march to secretariat organised by the West Bengal Chhatra Samaj, state party president Sukanta Majumdar said Tuesday.
Majumdar, also a Union minister, alleged the police resorted to lathi-charge, lofted tear gas shells and sprayed water cannons on the peaceful protests in the city and Howrah district in which many