
"Bengal will not be stopped on September 2, 2016," tweeted Mamata Banerjee.
"Bengal will not be stopped on September 2, 2016. On September 2, all educational institutions, shops, institutions, offices and factories will remain open. Vehicles will ply normally and public transport will not be hindered."
"There will be strongest possible action against any miscreant who will try to disrupt public life," Ms Banerjee tweeted.
"The government will arrange for due compensation for any damage caused by miscreants to any shop, vehicle or establishment," Ms Banerjee tweeted.#NoToBandhpic.twitter.com/BOPHPJA6IP
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 1, 2016
The central trade unions have given a call for a countrywide general strike on September 2 to protest the "anti-people, anti-national and anti-worker" policies of the NDA government at the Centre.