After the protest in the parliament by opposition parties on the mishandling of the currency ban issue, the Left Front, which has a presence in Kerala, Bengal and Tripura, has called for a strike or 'Bharat Bandh' in the three states.
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says Opposition parties are not protesting against notes ban, but are actually protesting the lockdown on black money.
Opposition parties including DMK, CPM, Congress and RJD protesting in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi protests in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Parliament complex over demonetisation.
Demonetisation protests: MK Stalin and DMK workers taken into preventive custody by Police in Chennai.
BJP President Amit Shah and Lok Janshakti Party chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan have thanked Nitish Kumar for his support to demonetisation.
Bihar's ruling party Janata Dal-United led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to stay away from both the shutdown and protest against domenetisation. Mr Kumar has been in support of the move against black money and corruption.
Bihar's ruling grand alliance members -- the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress -- however, have decided not to join the 'Bandh', and instead, are staging a protest march terming it 'Jan Aakrosh Diwas' against demonetisation.
Several trains have been halted since the morning in Bihar today as Left parties and others began a nationwide shutdown to protest demonetisation. The supporters and workers of the Left parties including the CPI, CPI-M, CPI(ML) and other parties stopped over a dozen long route trains at Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur railway stations.
CPI(ML) workers in Bihar's Jehanabad stop Hatia-Patna Express train in protest against notes ban.
Bandh observed in Thiruvananthpuram
The Congress has called it a "Jan Aakrosh Diwas".
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had started the call for a unified protest against the currency ban, will hold a march in Kolkata at 1 pm. Sources said a turnout of at least 1 lakh people is expected. The Aam Aadmi Party will hold a protest at Central Park, the heart of Delhi.
Only the Left Front, which has a presence in Kerala, Bengal and Tripura, has called for a strike or 'Bharat Bandh' in the three states.
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