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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

‘Restrictions are destroying people’s livelihoods’

CPI(M) district secretary K. Neela addressing a media conference at the party office in Kalaburagi on Thursday. (Source: ARUN KULKARNI)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has said that the restrictions that are imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 are actually meant for suppressing people’s agitations to press for their rights, while destroying their livelihoods.

Addressing a media conference at the party office here on Thursday, district secretary of the CPI(M) K. Neela said that the Government is booking cases against only those who are agitating to press for their rights and leaving a lot of political leaders and activists go scot-free for COVID-19 norms violations.

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