As the 72-hour routine lead carrier information exercise of the army came to an end, it has withdrawn from the Palhit toll plaza and other areas. She also termed the day as 'black day', pointing out that such a deployment takes place only normally during disasters. "This is an exercise carried out for operational purposes, which will terminate to its logical and tonight. BJP spokesperson Siddharth Nath Singh said, ?It?s very unfortunate, the kind of politics Mamata Banerjee has been doing after demonetization. BJP is of the opinion that the issue of army deployment in Bengal has been politicised."

Source: dna December 03, 2016 07:06 UTC