Bangla Bandh on Aug 28: Will schools and colleges be closed tomorrow?

On August 28, 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour Bangla Bandh from 6 am to 6 pm to protest police brutality against students demonstrating over a trainee doctor’s rape and murder in Kolkata. Public transport is likely to be disrupted, but emergency services, government offices, banks, schools, and colleges are expected to remain open.