The CPI (M) will lay siege to government offices in adjoining Thane and Palghar districts from Wednesday over a slew of demands, including scrapping of the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.

The party and some other organisations are also opposing the constructions of the Mumbai-Vadodara and Mumbai-Nagpur express highways and river-linking programmes, which they claim, will destroy local farmers and their livelihood. The rail and road projects will pass through the two districts. The party will press to address local concerns related to water supply, employment, education, health, pension, electricity, houses and roads, said a joint statement issued by CPI (M) leaders Ashok Dhawale and Barkya Mangat.