CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury addresses an enormous crowd on Sunday
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A MILLION people gathered in Kolkata’s largest public park yesterday pledging to oust Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing BJP party from West Bengal in the upcoming elections.
The city’s Brigade Parade Ground was turned into a sea of red as people from across the state poured into the enormous square brandishing scarlet banners to attend a demonstration organised by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front.
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