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`FIGHTING FOR THE COMMON MAN': CPI(M) Polit Buro member, Biman Bose, collecting donation from colleague, Brinda Karat, during his `a rupee per person' drive to defend his right to protest and fight a case in the Supreme Court, in New Delhi on Tuesday . Photo: S. Subramanium
NEW DELHI: In a bid to express solidarity with Biman Bose, the senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Buro member now facing charges of contempt in the Kolkata High Court for allegedly speaking out "against the judicial effort to stifle the right to protest'', Jan Natya Manch, Janwadi Lekhak Sangh, Jana Sanskriti and Act One held a meeting here in the Capital on Tuesday. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Bose emphasised that he respected the judiciary and the system. "I never took any names and did not say anything. I was only talking about the common man. Democracy stands on different pillars -- the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. If these pillars start clashing with each other, then it will not be very good for democracy,'' he stated. It was the common man who suffered in legal battles as he often did not have the money to get his point across in court, he added. "I just stated that holding a procession before 8 o'clock in the morning and after 8 o'clock in the evening is not the culture of Bengal. It might be the culture of Kerala, but that is not Bengal. I never took any names,'' he added. Showing their support for his cause, senior Left leaders also contributed to Mr. Bose's collection drive in which he has decided to collect one rupee from every person to cover his legal expenses for his appeal in the Supreme Court. "It is not only the case of Mr. Bose," said the general secretary of the CPI (M), Prakash Karat. The Jan Natya Manch also staged a street play on the theme of democratic rights.
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