▁parties ▁like ▁the ▁Indian ▁National ▁Congress , ▁Bah uj an ▁Sam aj ▁Party , ▁Tr in am ool ▁Congress , ▁DM K , ▁J D ( U ), ▁A I AD M K , ▁National ist ▁Congress ▁Party , ▁Left , ▁Ras ht ri ya ▁Jan ata ▁Dal ▁and ▁the ▁Sam aj w adi ▁Party ▁decided ▁to ▁observe ▁' A k ro sh ▁Di was ' ▁as , ▁a ▁protest ▁campaign ▁day ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁November ▁ ▁and ▁launch ▁protest s ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁banks , ▁demand ing ▁that ▁money ▁be ▁returned ▁to ▁people . ▁In ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Bi har , ▁ 1 5 ▁trains ▁were ▁blocked ▁and ▁str and ed , ▁while ▁the ▁states ▁of ▁West ▁Beng al , ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁and ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh ▁saw ▁protest ▁march es ▁and ▁r al lies ▁led ▁by ▁opposition ▁parties . ▁In ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Ker ala , ▁sh ops ▁and ▁business ▁establish ments ▁were ▁shut , ▁with ▁schools ▁and ▁colleg es ▁closed ▁throughout ▁the ▁state , ▁while ▁movements ▁of ▁private ▁vehicles ▁were ▁also ▁dis rupted ▁in ▁Northern ▁Ker ala . ▁ ▁Form er ▁Indian ▁Chief ▁E lection ▁Commission er , ▁O . ▁P . ▁Raw at ▁stated ▁that ▁' the ▁note ▁ban ▁had ▁absolutely ▁no ▁impact ▁on ▁black ▁money ', ▁and ▁that ▁record ▁amounts ▁of ▁money ▁had ▁been ▁seized ▁in ▁pol ls ▁held ▁after ▁demon et isation . ▁ ▁International ▁re actions ▁By ▁and ▁large , ▁initial ▁international ▁response ▁was ▁positive ▁which ▁saw ▁the ▁move ▁as ▁a