People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)


Vol. XXVIII

No. 24

June 13, 2004

Bihar Police’s Unauthorised Raid

On CPI(M) State Office

 

THE Bihar state secretariat of the CPI(M) strongly condemned the unauthorised raid on its state office by armed policemen on the midnight of June 3, 2004. It called for a statewide demonstrations on June 9 in protest.

 

After an emergency meeting held on June 4, the secretariat said this raid amounted to infringement of the fundamental right to association and it was a blatant interference in the functioning of a national recognized party.

 

The police had conducted this raid without any search warrant. The state leaders have informed the leaders of Party in Lok Sabha and Bihar assembly asking them to take up this matter seriously.

 

The state secretariat meeting was presided over by the Party state secretary, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi. (INN)