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Return of the Reds| West Bengal

After a long interregnum, the Left makes a splash with a big youth protest rally.

Even as the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP continue their daily cat-and-mouse manoeuvres, another battlefront is opening up in the state. Cadre of the Left parties clashed with the police at Howrah, just a few kilometres away from the administrative headquarters, Nabanna, on September 13.

The police used water cannons and teargas to disperse a 40,000-strong crowd ofslogans, was a throwback to a time when the Left parties had a strong appeal among the young, educated classes.

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