[Marxistindia] Jail Bharo -- April 8

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 12, 2010

Press Release

Left Parties Call: 8th April – Jail Bharo


Over one lakh people participated in the March to Parliament and the Left
Parties rally on March 12 against price rice, for land rights, employment
and against the violence on the Left in West Bengal.

At the conclusion of the rally, the Left parties announced that on 8th
April, in all districts headquarters there will be mass picketing and
court arrest programmes outside Central Government offices. 25 lakh people
will participate in this programme to demand immediate steps to curb price
rise and for strengthening the public distribution system, implementation
of land reforms and employment opportunities.

The rally was addressed by Prakash Karat, A.B. Bardhan, Debabrata Biswas
and T J Chandrachoodan – General Secretaries of the CPI(M), CPI, AIFB and
RSP. The other speakers were Biman Bose, Chairman of the West Bengal Left
Front, Sitaram Yechury and Gurudas Dasgupta.