No, Bandhs are just ego battles between various parties; whichever party manages to paralyse the state’s affairs most effectively, wins.

Partha Chatterjee
St Xavier’s College

No, they are a sheer wastage of money and time. They are beneficial to office goers and school students to some extent as they get extra holidays.

Anunoy Samanta
Bardhaman

No. Frequent bandhs only make a state suffer losses unnecessarily. They never provide a solution to problems.

Kshama Agarwal
Howrah

No, definitely not. The bandhs in West Bengal are having only one effect — harassing common people.

Asmita Kastha
Asutosh College

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