[Marxistindia] Suppression of a daily newspaper

[news from the cpi(m)]

October 2, 2018


Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:


Suppression of a Daily Newspaper


The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the action of the BJP
state government of Tripura in cancelling the registration of Daily
Desharkatha, a progressive newspaper.

Desharkatha is a prominent newspaper of Tripura of forty years standing
and is the second largest circulated daily in the state.

The district magistrate of West Tripura has cancelled the registration of
the newspaper on flimsy and dubious grounds and consequently the Registrar
of Newspapers has also withdrawn the certificate of registration.

This is a brazen attack on the freedom of the press. It is a sad day that
Desharkatha has stopped publication on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti.

The CPI(M) appeals to all democratic sections of the people to protest
against this serious attack on the fundamental rights enshrined in the
Constitution.







(Hari Singh Kang)
For CPI(M) Central Committee Office