'Bharat Bandh': Protesters block railway track amid shutdown call against CAA, NRC

NEW DELHI: Members of Bahujan Kranti Morcha on Wednesday blocked a railway track at Mumbai's Kanjurmarg station amid a 'Bharat Bandh' call against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). It briefly disrupted the Central Railway services.
"Trains re-started at 8.16hrs. All lines traffic normal now," Shivaji Sutar, chief public relations officer (PRO), Central Railway tweeted.

In Surat, Versatile Minorities Forum (VMF), a city-based non-government organization, has supported the call given for Bharat Bandh by Maulana Sajjad Nomani, secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law board.
VMF office-bearers said the strike call has been supported by Bahujan Kranti Morcha’s (BKM) Surat unit and Jamiat-e-Ulema-E-Hind. An appeal has been made to religious minorities, OBCs, STs and SCs to support the strike.

VMF president Istiaque Pathan said, “We have supported the bandh call given by Maulana Nomani. All the shops, especially in the Muslim-dominated areas, schools and autorickshaw drivers will join the one-day strike. We have contacted trade bodies in the textile markets for support. Majority of workers will stay away from work.”