DEMONSTRATION

Left Front stir disrupts traffic in Dinhata

Activists of the Left Front staged a roadblock at Dinhata today on Dinhata-Cooch Behar road in front of the Dinhata police station. Vehicular traffic has been disrupted due to the agitation for a long. It was learnt that no prior permission was taken from the administration to stage the programme on the street though the organisers claimed that they intimated of the programme to the authorities earlier. The agitation was however lifted at about 12-noon, about five hours prior to the scheduled plan.

The Left Front staged the roadblock demanding strict measures against the alleged hooliganism of the Trinamul Congress. The agitators demanded arrest of all the Trinamul activists involved in the recent clash that occurred at Kursahat in Dinhata. A large contingent of police force was deployed in Dinhata today to maintain law and order during the agitation.

Senior Left Front leaders like Mr Udayan Guha and Mr Hiralal Das of the Forward Bloc, Mr Pallab Chaudhury of the CPI and Mr Benu Badal Chakraborty and Mr Tarapada Barman of the CPI-M spoke at the gathering organised on the occasion.

District Forward Bloc secretary Mr Udayan Guha alleged that the Left Front would not remain a silent spectator if the Trinamul Congress continues its violent activities in the district. Citing different examples of attacks on Left Front partners in the district and demonstrations against Natabari MLA Mr Tamser Ali at Tufanganj and state forest minister Mr Ananta Roy at Mathabhanga Mr Guha said they will not allow these things any more. Referring the incident of throwing of a saree to the forest minister he threatened that they may retaliate it by similar acts on the MLAs of Dinhata (Trinamul Congress) and Sitai (Congress) if such things go on any more.

Mr Guha came down heavily on the role of a section of police. "They are not active enough and many of them working with a partisan attitude against us", he alleged. "If required, we may call bandhs in Dinhata as well as in the district to stage protest against the Trinamul's disruptive designs and the indifferent role of the police", he said.