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Sporadic Protests. Deserted Stations.

By Rediff News Bureau
June 20, 2022

Please click on the images for glimpses of the Bharat Bandh called to protest the Agnipath scheme, June 20, 2022.

 

IMAGE: Police personnel block protesters in Patna.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Trains parked at Patna Junction railway station after several trains were cancelled.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Railway employees check a track in Patna.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Police personnel patrol the Jalandhar City Junction railway station.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Kolkata railway station wears a deserted look after trains were cancelled.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Police personnel detain Democratic Youth Federation of India activists during their protest aganst the Agnipath scheme outside Shastri Bhavan in Chennai.
Photograph: R Senthil Kumar/PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard outside the Varanasi Cantt railway station.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Security at the Kashi railway station in Varanasi.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Police personnel stand guard at the Kashi railway station.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Police personnel detain a Congress supporter during the protest in Jammu.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Police personnel stop Aam Aadmi Party supporters in Jammu.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Congress supporters shout slogans during the protest in Jammu.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: All India Students Association supporters protest in Patna.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Passengers wait for their train after several trains got cancelled in Patna.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Deserted Patna railway station after several trains were cancelled.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Security personnel in a scuffle with activists during a protest in Patna.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Heavy security was deployed at Jalandhar railway station.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard outside Vijayawada Junction railway station.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Security deployed at Vijayawada Junction railway station.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: A traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway as Delhi police personnel check vehicles.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: The traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway as Delhi police check vehicles.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: Schools in Jharkhand were shut and security personnel were deployed throughout the state.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: Security personnel were deployed at Howrah station, Howrah Bridge, Santragachi junction, Shalimar railway station and other locations in West Bengal.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: Security personnel in Howrah.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: Security personnel deployed at Dak Bungalow Chauraha in Patna.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: Security at Man Singh Road in New Delhi ahead of the Congress protest against the enforcement directorate summons to Rahul Gandhi.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

IMAGE: Passengers at Gorakhpur railway station stranded after trains were cancelled.
'Have been waiting for 3-4 hours. When we checked train status last night, it didn't say cancellation, but on reaching here we found out about it,' one passenger said.
Photograph: ANI/Twitter

 

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com

 
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