At mega rally in Kolkata, CPI(M) vows to fight Trinamool Congress and BJP
The Hindu
In a show of strength before the Lok Sabha election, thousands of supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) gathered at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Grounds
In a show of strength before the Lok Sabha election, thousands of supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) gathered at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Grounds and vowed to fight both the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime at the Centre.
The gathering was organised by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) — the youth wing of the CPI(M) — and also marked the culmination of the ‘Insaaf Yatra’ of DYFI. The DYFI leadership started the Insaaf Yatra on November 3, which traversed about 2,000 km across several districts of the State.
“On behalf of those gathered at Brigade, I congratulate those who have travelled so many kilometres. There is still a lot of distance to be covered,” CPI(M) State Secretary Md. Salim said, addressing the gathering.
CPI(M) leaders such as Biman Bose and Surjya Kanta Mishra were also present at the Brigade rally.
Mr. Salim shared the dais with the DYFI leadership. “We do not need help from any Delhi to save West Bengal,” the CPI(M) leader said, implying that the Left is the alternative to the Trinamool Congress and not the BJP.
DYFI State secretary Meenakshi Mukherjee said people should be prepared for a bigger battle where caste, religion and identity do not matter, and issues of livelihood take priority. Ms. Mukherjee also recalled CPI(M) cadres who have been killed in instances of violence after the Trinamool Congress came to power in the State in 2011.
Among those present on the Brigade grounds were the father of Anish Khan, the Student Federation of India activist killed under mysterious circumstances at Howrah in February 2022, and villagers of Doluakhali in South 24 Parganas, whose houses were set on fire in November 2023. Issues of corruption of the West Bengal government and unemployment across the country were raised at the rally.
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