Agartala: Eight senior leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, including former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, were on Wednesday granted bail by a court here. He was arrested in August last year for violating the COVID protocol during nationwide protests.
Additional Public Prosecutor Vidyut Sutradhar said that the police arrested Sarkar and seven other senior CPI(M) leaders along with several party workers for holding a meeting here on August 26 last year, violating protocol and government restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. did.
CPI(M) polit bureau government member told media after getting bail, left parties organized protest rally in support of 16 demands including withdrawal of Labor Act as part of their nationwide agitation against anti-people policies of BJP government and later the police arrested us.
The police served notices against several CPI(M) leaders and filed a charge sheet in the court. The government said, they will continue to highlight the cause of the people and fight against the anti-people policies of the BJP government.
Other CPI(M) leaders who have been granted bail by the court include party central committee member Badal Choudhary, former power minister Manik Dey, former vice-president Pabitra Kar, former Lok Sabha MP Shankar Prasad Dutta and party leaders Krishna Rakshit, Rana Das and Madhusudan Das. .
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