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The rally has been organised to protest price rise and violence in Bengal perpetrated by the Maoists.
Party sources at Alimuddin Street said most of the family members have already reached Delhi. At least 165 party cadres and supporters were killed by Maoists since the 2009-Lok Sabha elections were announced, they claimed. “The family members will be accompanied by leaders of the districts concerned. The party will bear their travel cost,” said the source. Most of the family members are from West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia where the Maoists are on the rampage.
Trinamool too ready with counter-protest
Coinciding with the Left Front’s rally in New Delhi, the Trinamool Congress MPs will be staging a protest at Parliament Complex on Friday to “highlight deteriorating law and order situation in the Communist-ruled Bengal”. “We want to highlight that the CPM-led state government has no right to continue in power,” said Trinamool’s Partho Chatterjee.
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