In the ongoing sit-in in Kolkata, at the call of Left Front, Women’s Day was observed on Thursday and Peasants’ day on Friday. Hundreds of women joined in the demonstration on Thursday and protested particularly against the terror unleashed in the state by Maoists and Trinamool Congress. Addressing the gathering, leaders of Left Womens’ organizations condemned murder and kidnapping of women in Jangal mahal by the Maoists. At least 11 women have been either murdered or kidnapped in this year only. Latest victim being Sampriti Mahato, who was kidnapped from her home and still untraced. Shyamali Gupta, Banani Biswas, Minati Ghosh and others also questioned the lack of morality of TMC chief who herself is an woman. Fullara Mondal, a leader from Lalgarh described the day-today experience of the women of that area.
On Friday, veteran Kisan leader Benoy Konar addressed the peasant gathering and emphasized the role of imperialism behind recent aggression against the Left in the state. Among others, Suryakanta Misra, Madan Ghosh, Abdur Rejjak Mollah addressed the meeting. The call of the rally was to fight against the anti-peasant policies of the centre as well as to build up mass political resistance against the forces of anarchy in the state.
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