Disruption in metro services between Dumdum and Dakshineswar; normal services resume after 2 hours
In a recent development, a bus carrying 100-day MNREGA workers from Purulia, West Bengal, met with an accident at the Bihar border while en route to Delhi for Trinamool Congress-led programs against the Modi government. Fortunately, the accident resulted in only minor injuries to some passengers. The passengers from Purulia in that bus. Following the incident, one of the buses will be returning to Kolkata, while the others will continue their journey to Delhi.
The accident occurred when the bus was entering the Bihar border from Jharkhand, where it lost control and collided with another bus. Those who sustained injuries in the incident were provided with immediate first aid.
Trinamool Congress had organized a series of programs in Delhi against the Modi government scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. In preparation for these events, buses carrying grassroots workers began their journey to Delhi on Saturday.
Additionally, Abhishek Banerjee, All India General Secretary of Trinamool Congress, is scheduled to hold a strategy meeting today before the planned dharna (sit-in protest) in Delhi. All Trinamool MPs have been directed to arrive in Delhi by the afternoon.
The inter-state sleeper class buses with All India Permits have been chosen for the Delhi-bound journey due to the significant number of deprived workers and those who have not yet received 100 days of work.