Kolkata, October 16^th – Thousands of clenched hands today in Kolkata  vowed  for uprooting the evils of imperialism and communalism from the country .  The huge rally which nearly took 20 minutes to pass a given point was organized at the call of the 6 major left parties of the state and was participated by various left organizations active in the state. Red Flags flew high as was the determination of the left workers who sought immediate change of India’s foreign policy and immediate stoppage of communal riots in the country. The Rally started From Y channel at Esplanade in the heart of the city and continued up to College Square in North Kolkata . The rally was decorated by flags,festoons and placards of left organizations’ who painted the cityscape red with high flying red flags and determined slogans .   West Bengal Left Front Chairman Biman Basu , Soumen Basu (SUCI ),Partho Ghosh CPI(ML ) Liberation , RSP leader Manoj Bhattacharya , CPI leader Probodh Panda , Forward Block Leader Hafiz Alam Sairani  were amongst the front ranking left leaders who participated in the rally along with former finance minister Dr Ashim Dasgupta , CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty and other.

Left Front Chairman Biman Basu at the end the rally said that it is a matter of shame for all of us that due to India’s changed foreign policy in regard to Palestine issue , India’s President has faced serious protests  from  youths  of that country. The present foreign policy of the country surrenders our country to US imperialism and Israeli occupational forces  and hampers the security and sovereignty of the country .He also said that the continuing communal riots and incident like the Dadri incident where  a Muslim person named MD Eklakh has been lynched by a communal mob in the name of eating beef  is a direct shame to the nation.(Courtesy: Ganashakti)