Left parties announce 7-day nationwide protests from Jan 1 against CAA, NRC, NPR

NEW DELHI: The Left parties on Thursday announced a seven-day nationwide protest from January 1 to 7 and a general strike on January 8 against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens.

In a joint statement, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, the All India Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party said the protest programme was announced in solidarity with the trade unions, which have also called a general strike on January 8.

“The Left parties extend support to all the kisan and agricultural workers’ organisations and civil society movement that have called for a ‘grameen bandh’ on January 8. (AGENCIES)

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