New Delhi: Anticipating rail blockades in 16 states, the Railways has issued directives for maintaining law and order in trains and station premises, cautioning zonal railways against pro-left wing extremists participating in Tuesday’s ‘Bharat Bandh’.
Director general, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Arun Kumar has asked general managers of zonal railways to keep vigil to contain the impact of the nationwide strike called by farmer groups against the three agri laws.
As part of the bandh, farmers’ unions may organise dharnas, demonstrations, rallies and road and rail blockades in 16 states. Some opposition political parties, left parties and their frontal organisations, central trade unions and transporters have extended their support to the bandh, Kumar said.
Several opposition parties and non-farming groups including all the major trade unions have supported the strike called by the farmers.
In fact the Railways’ two biggest unions, AIRF and NFIR too have…