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On streets, vendors protest: ‘It’s divisive politics of Centre’ | Kolkata News

Members of Bandi Mukti Committee, Hawkers Sangram Committee and around 200 other organisations held a protest against the “fascist rule” and “divisive politics” of the BJP-led Centre, in Kolkata Monday. The rally was among the major processions taken out in the state capital on Monday, which coincided with the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. State Education Minister Bratya Basu, TMC MP Samirul Islam, activist Teesta Setalvad, columnist and researcher Harsh Mander, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Dipankar Bhattacharyya and local activist Binayak Sen were among the eminent personalities who participated in the procession. The rally which started from Bowbazar More-Raja Subodh Mullick Square culminated at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium. Thousands of people from different districts participated in the rally. Alleging that the Centre was not addressing “real issues like unemployment”, the protestors raised several demands including the immediate implementation of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. “The event in Ayodhya has nothing to do with religion, it is just politics. People of every …