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The West Bengal Pradesh Congress called a 12-hour statewide shutdown on Friday as one party supporter died and angry activists torched buses and obstructed rail and road traffic Thursday in protest against the attack on their legislators in Mongalkote in Burdwan district on Wednesday.Slogan shouting Congress supporters took to the streets from Thursday morning and put up blockades at almost all the major intersections of the state disrupting public life, a day after eight party legislators sustained injuries in alleged attacks by armed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) cadres in Dhanyarukhi village. Suburban and long distance train services of eastern and southeastern railways were affected as trains got delayed with Congress activists blocking railway tracks.Around afternoon, the pradesh Congress committee held an emergency meeting, and decided to call a 12-hour statewide shutdown against the murderous assault on its legislators.
