CPI(M) activists protest in Patna, however the ruling party JD(U) has opposed the bandh.
All India Students Federation and Chhtrara Janadhikar Party activists are also among the protesters. Several trains in Patna, Jehanabad, Gaya, Bhojpur and Muzaffarpur were stopped by them and supporters of Left parties.
Shops remain shut at New Market area in Kolkata.
A view of a deserted street in Agartala during the Bharat Bandh.
"We have one thing to say — withdraw the decision," says Mamata in a rally in Kolkata.
Leaders of Left Parties, including CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, address a gathering during a protest march in the Capital.
AAP workers being detained by cops during a protest march.