[Marxistindia] West bengal - Release CPI(M) Leaders

[news from the cpi(m)]

September 2, 2022

 

Press Statement

 

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

 

West Bengal: Release CPI(M) Leaders

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns the brutal police assault on a
peaceful protest in Purba Bardhaman district headquarters in West Bengal.
Over 250 CPI(M) activists and leaders were seriously injured and over 170
were arrested. 41 of these, including Central Committee member of CPI(M)
Comrade Abhas Roy Choudhury, have been denied bail and imprisoned.

 

On August 31 every year, civil disobedience  movements are held at all
district headquarters in Bengal marking the martyrdom of over 80 people who
were killed in the historic food movement in 1959.  Without provocation, the
police unleashed first water cannons, then a brutal lathi-charge and teargas
on the peaceful protestors who were marching to meet the District Magistrate
at his office.

 

Such an attack on peaceful protestors and people's democratic rights is not
acceptable.  The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands the unconditional
release of CPI(M) leaders, withdrawal of false cases and necessary action
against the police personnel for unleashing this unprovoked assault.  

 

 

 

 

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