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RANCHI: CPI(ML) national general secretary Deepankar Bhattacharya on Wednesday said that though the country would observe Independence Day on August 15, people do not have freedom of speech and economic independence.
He was speaking at the concluding event of the Sankalp Saptah (Resolution Week) held jointly by the CPI(ML) and the Marxist Coordination Committee at Loyala school premises in Ranchi. Both the parties observed Sankalp Saptah from July 21 to July 28.
Bhattacharya said that unity among the Left parties was necessary to rid the country of NDA rule. He added that the present state government in Jharkhand must execute policies that are radically different from the previous BJP-led dispensation.