LDF to form 700-km-long human chain to protest demonetisation
text_fieldsThiruvananthapuram: The ruling LDF spearhead CPI-M announced on Monday that it will organise, on December 29, a 700-km-long human chain extending from the Raj Bhavan here to the northernmost Kasargode to protest the demonetisation drive which has crippled the state's cooperative banking sector.
A Communist Party of India-Marxist statement issued here said that it has directed all the Left Democratic Front cadres and supporters to see that they arrive at their designated places by 4 p.m and by 5 p.m they all should stand with their hands held together.
The CPI-M have organised similar human chain protests on a few occasions in the past few years, with the last one on August 11, 2015, when they were in the opposition, to protest against the "wrong" policies of the state and central governments.