Trinamool Congress has found itself in a spot on whether to proactively oppose the bandh as it had been doing since Mamata Banerjee came to power in 2011. The Bengal Government issued circulars warning the Government staff against joining the strike —saying absence from work could lead to the deduction of a day’s salary — the TMC brass wondered in private whether the party should descend on the streets as it did every time to thwart a bandh at the risk of earning the wrath of Muslim voters.