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.
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IMAGE: Trains parked at Patna Junction railway station after several trains were cancelled.
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IMAGE: Railway employees check a track in Patna.
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IMAGE: Police personnel patrol the Jalandhar City Junction railway station.
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IMAGE: Kolkata railway station wears a deserted look after trains were cancelled.
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IMAGE: Police personnel detain Democratic Youth Federation of India activists during their protest aganst the Agnipath scheme outside Shastri Bhavan in Chennai.
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IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard outside the Varanasi Cantt railway station.
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IMAGE: Security at the Kashi railway station in Varanasi.
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IMAGE: Police personnel stand guard at the Kashi railway station.
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IMAGE: Police personnel detain a Congress supporter during the protest in Jammu.
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IMAGE: Police personnel stop Aam Aadmi Party supporters in Jammu.
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IMAGE: Congress supporters shout slogans during the protest in Jammu.
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IMAGE: All India Students Association supporters protest in Patna.
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IMAGE: Passengers wait for their train after several trains got cancelled in Patna.
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IMAGE: Deserted Patna railway station after several trains were cancelled.
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IMAGE: Security personnel in a scuffle with activists during a protest in Patna.
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IMAGE: Heavy security was deployed at Jalandhar railway station.
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IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard outside Vijayawada Junction railway station.
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IMAGE: Security deployed at Vijayawada Junction railway station.
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IMAGE: A traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway as Delhi police personnel check vehicles.
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IMAGE: The traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway as Delhi police check vehicles.
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IMAGE: Schools in Jharkhand were shut and security personnel were deployed throughout the state.
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IMAGE: Security personnel were deployed at Howrah station, Howrah Bridge, Santragachi junction, Shalimar railway station and other locations in West Bengal.
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IMAGE: Security personnel in Howrah.
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IMAGE: Security personnel deployed at Dak Bungalow Chauraha in Patna.
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IMAGE: Security at Man Singh Road in New Delhi ahead of the Congress protest against the enforcement directorate summons to Rahul Gandhi.
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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.
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