AGARTALA, Sep 3 (TIWN): CPI-M is doing nothing but only trying to hamper the smooth movement of the state by organising frequent bandhs, said TMC leader Sudip Roy Barman.

Talking to TIWN correspondent, said TMC leader Sudip Roy Barman Sudip Roy Barman said that he is against bandh as it has no future but the Marxists were trying to disrupt harmony by resorting to frequent bandhs. Bandh has no future added Barman.

Mocking CPI-M, she said "Why are they not going to Delhi to fight this out? In fact, they have no power in Delhi. It is not that they are doing something for the labour class. They are trying to survive by calling frequent bandhs in a year.

"CPI-M tried to create violence, Bandh has failed to evoke any response," added Barman.

A bandh is a total stoppage of work involving all the strata’s of the society including all the unions and institutions. This unique phenomenon is observed perhaps only in the communist ruled states. The bandh culture reached its zenith during the Leftist Government rule in West Bengal during the late seventies, eighties and nineties. When the Leftist Government called a bandh, they actually organized it. On the day before the bandh, CPI (M) enforcers and musclemen toured every pocket of the city on motorcycles and in open Jeeps to ensure participation from all quarters of the society.

A 12-hour country-wide shutdown called by 10 central trade unions on Friday to protest against the NDA government’s “anti-labour” policies have crippled life in Tripura.

Shops, business establishments, markets, banks and financial institutions, government offices and educational institutions were closed and vehicles were off the roads.

Railway services within the state and with other states were disrupted as shutdown supporters organised picketing at the Agartala railway stations and Dharmanagar.

Trade between Tripura and Bangladesh was also affected as the workers remained absent in the land customs stations along Bangladesh.