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Kolkata, Feb 5 : The Forward Bloc, a member of the ruling Left Front in West Bengal, has called a day-long state-wide shutdown on Wednesday to register their protest against the killing of four of their activists in police firing during a party agitation in Cooch Behar District today.

The shutdown has been supported by the opposition parties, including , the Congress party and the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI).

The All-India Forward Bloc said mass rallies would be organised in front of Sub-Divisional Offices (SDOs) across the State.

Addressing a rally of the Paschim Banga Krishi Jami Raksha Committee on Thursday, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said, “If I live, we will remove the Left Front from power,”
The Committee, constituted under the leadership of the Trinamool Congress to protest against the acquisition of farmland for industry in the State, declared that it would observe the day marking the completion of 30 years of Left Front rule in West Bengal as a “black day.”
Mamata said, “I want to tell the Left Front that this is the beginning of their end,”