Daily life was somewhat affected in parts of West Bengal on Wednesday due to a 12-hour 'Bangla Bandh' called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in protest against the police action against demonstrators during a march to the state secretariat, reported news agency PTI.

In state capital Kolkata, the usual busyness on the roads on a weekday morning was missing with a lesser number of buses, auto-rickshaws and taxis plying. Private vehicles were also significantly less in numbers, even as markets and shops remained open as usual.