The activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and the BJP organised protest rallies and meetings in Kolkata, Naxalbari, Siliguri and districts of north and south 24 Parganas.

The Naxalbari block in northern West Bengal's Darjeeling district was the stage for an armed peasant uprising in 1967 led by the local tribals that inspired the Maoist movement which spread to various other states through the years.