India Today :
Protests over the amended Citizenship Act continued in various parts of Bengal for the third consecutive day on Sunday as sporadic incidents of violence were reported from Nadia, Birbhum, North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts of the state, police said on Sunday.
In Amdanga and Kalyani areas of North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts, agitators blocked various thoroughfares, set fire to wooden logs on the streets.
Shops were also ransacked and tyres burnt in Deganga area of North 24 Parganas.
In Nadia, demonstrators blocked Kalyani Express Highway, some of them burning copies of the amended Act.
Similar protests were reported from Domjur area of Howrah district, parts of Burdwan and Birbhum, with agitators taking out rallies and shouting slogans against the Narendra Modi government.
Locals in Sagardighi in Murshidabad district blocked the National Highway 34 and burnt down tyres during the anti-CAA protests on Sunday morning. In Cooch Behar, protesters block the highway that connects the district Mathabhanga.
Meanwhile, in North 24 Parganas, Congress workers took to streets in protest against the CAA. They blocked the Bhyabla railway station at Basirhat subdivision on Sunday resulting in disruption of services for some time.
Police contingents have been rushed to the troubled areas to control the situation.
Unlike the past two days, however, train movements were smooth in the Howrah-Sealdah and Kharagpur sections, according to reports.
Senior TMC leader and state education minister Partha Chatterjee appealed for peace and assured the protesters that the amended Act would not be implemented in the state.
“We would appeal to everybody to maintain calm and peace. We can assure you that law won’t be implemented in Bengal,” Chatterjee said.
West Bengal BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu accused the ruling TMC government of doing little to control the control deteriorating law and order situation. Violent protests against the Citizenship Act have rocked several parts of the state over the past two days with agitators torching buses, railways stations and vandalising public property.
