[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 9, 2025, hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff in Siliguri city, West Bengal, held a road-blocking protest as part of a statewide demonstration against a Supreme Court ruling, demanding job reinstatement and publication of marksheets. The protest is classified as peaceful with low severity.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether road blockages spread to major commercial corridors in West Bengal.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of protests to major transport corridors connecting West Bengal to northeastern states and Bangladesh border crossings
• Track duration and geographic spread of road blockages if the statewide protest movement gains momentum