“The brutal assault and subsequent arrest of CPI(M) Central Committee member Sujan Chakroborty, SFI General Secretary Srijan Bhattacharya and other comrades by the police and the illegal eviction of hawkers outside the premises of Jadavpur station in Kolkata deserves the highest condemnation.
Prime Minister Modi had no inhibitions while stopping for a photo-op to to eat jhalmuri during the election campaign in West Bengal. Post elections, the state government run by his party is on a demolition spree, evicting hundreds of hawkers who sell jhalmuri and other snacks, meals, beverages and everyday goods to thousands of customers daily.
The West Bengal government should immediately withdraw from this diabolical attack against the livelihood of working class families and communities. The Left parties and trade unions will fight unitedly against the bulldozer attacks under the cover of the dark. Not An Inch Back!”
– CPI(M) General Secretary M A



