Bengal beats bandh and those who tried to work

February 29, 2012 10:43

If attendance at government offices is the yardstick, the general strike flopped. If attendance at homes is the barometer, the general strike triumphed. Matters of livelihood and choice should not be reduced to such a shallow contest but the general strike has done that '" and set the stage for more disquiet.

Tomorrow evening, former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will lead a procession in Jadavpur to protest a Trinamul attack today on a CPM office that served as his election office. A STAR Ananda reporter who covered the attack was mercilessly beaten by Trinamul supporters for doing his job.

Read the report on the Telegraph, India.

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