People's Democracy

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


Vol. XXIX

No. 22

May 29, 2005

PB Hails Bengal Victory

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on May 26, 2005.

 

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) congratulates the people of West Bengal for reposing their faith in the Left Front and electing its candidates in a majority of the municipalities for which elections were held recently. The Left Front has won in 49 of the 79 municipalities that went to the polls. The Left Front has significantly improved upon its 2000 position when it won 37 municipalities.

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) is confident that this victory will lead to the further consolidation of the Left forces in West Bengal.