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| Strike over violence shuts Bengal |
| A strike by opposition parties against political violence in India's eastern state of West Bengal has led to a widespread shutdown.
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| INDIA
, 12-November-2007
1:2:58 AM |
| Schools and offices are closed and transport disrupted in the capital, Calcutta, and across the state.
Federal policemen have been sent to Nandigram, where at least eight people have died in clashes since last week.
There have been skirmishes in the area between armed supporters of the ruling Communist and opposition parties.
A railway station in the suburb of Barasat was ransacked by strikers on Monday, and at least one passenger bus was set on fire by the strikers in Calcutta.
Bengal's opposition parties, led by the Trinamul Congress party, have called for an "indefinite" general strike in protest against last week's violence in Nandigram, a cluster of villages south-west of Calcutta.
Roads blocked
One thousand federal policemen have been sent to Nandigram, where more than 10,000 people have been left homeless by the political violence.
Officials say hundreds of armed supporters of Bengal's ruling Communist party have fought their way back into the area.
They had been forced out in March amid protests against the state government's plan to acquire land to set up a special economic zone.
The BBC's Subir Bhaumik, in Calcutta, says Communist party supporters are blocking entry into the Nandigram area.
The leader of the Trinamul Congress party, Mamata Banerjee, could not enter the area on Sunday because of the blockade.
Ms Banerjee resigned her parliament seat on Saturday in protest against the violence in the area.
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