<p>Kanhaiya Kumar will address the Left Front’s mega rally in Kolkata’s Brigade Parade ground on February 3.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, CPI West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said that the party leadership has given their final consent to Kumar’s attendance at the rally.</p>.<p>“ Kanhaiya Kumar will address the gathering at Left Front’s Brigade rally. Our central leadership has agreed to the proposal and so did we. It will be a big boost for Left and CPI workers,” Banerjee said. </p>.<p>He also said that the CPI leadership has invited eminent actor Shabana Azmi and Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, to the rally. </p>.<p>Left Front leadership has decided that general secretaries of CPM and CPI Sitaram Yechury and Sudhakar Reddy respectively, will also attend the rally. </p>.<p>“We are also trying to bring former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharje to the rally. It would be a great boost for Left Front workers if he addressees the gathering even for a short duration. But considering his ill health it is not yet confirmed whether he will be able to attend the rally,” a senior CPM leader said. </p>.<p>After 23 Opposition party leaders attended the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) mega rally, which also witnessed a massive gathering, the CPM is keen on making the Left rally a major show of strength ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>Left Front sources revealed that the decision was taken after the demand of bringing Kumar to the rally was strongly raised by Left Front supporters. </p>.<p>The Left parties intend to counter Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by arguing at the rally that even though she is trying to project herself as a champion of democracy, but her own party TMC is throttling democracy in Bengal.</p>.<p>“Kanhaiya can turn out to be a masterstroke for us in attracting young voters. We are banking on him to be the USP of the rally,” said a senior CPI leader. </p>.<p>The development comes days after Delhi Police filed a charge sheet against former JNU student’s union president Kumar along with former JNU students Syed Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya in a sedition case related to reportedly raising ‘anti-national slogans’ to mark the death anniversary of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru.</p>
<p>Kanhaiya Kumar will address the Left Front’s mega rally in Kolkata’s Brigade Parade ground on February 3.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, CPI West Bengal CPI secretary Swapan Banerjee said that the party leadership has given their final consent to Kumar’s attendance at the rally.</p>.<p>“ Kanhaiya Kumar will address the gathering at Left Front’s Brigade rally. Our central leadership has agreed to the proposal and so did we. It will be a big boost for Left and CPI workers,” Banerjee said. </p>.<p>He also said that the CPI leadership has invited eminent actor Shabana Azmi and Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar, to the rally. </p>.<p>Left Front leadership has decided that general secretaries of CPM and CPI Sitaram Yechury and Sudhakar Reddy respectively, will also attend the rally. </p>.<p>“We are also trying to bring former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharje to the rally. It would be a great boost for Left Front workers if he addressees the gathering even for a short duration. But considering his ill health it is not yet confirmed whether he will be able to attend the rally,” a senior CPM leader said. </p>.<p>After 23 Opposition party leaders attended the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) mega rally, which also witnessed a massive gathering, the CPM is keen on making the Left rally a major show of strength ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.</p>.<p>Left Front sources revealed that the decision was taken after the demand of bringing Kumar to the rally was strongly raised by Left Front supporters. </p>.<p>The Left parties intend to counter Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by arguing at the rally that even though she is trying to project herself as a champion of democracy, but her own party TMC is throttling democracy in Bengal.</p>.<p>“Kanhaiya can turn out to be a masterstroke for us in attracting young voters. We are banking on him to be the USP of the rally,” said a senior CPI leader. </p>.<p>The development comes days after Delhi Police filed a charge sheet against former JNU student’s union president Kumar along with former JNU students Syed Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya in a sedition case related to reportedly raising ‘anti-national slogans’ to mark the death anniversary of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru.</p>
