MLA’s arrest condemned

patna: several left parties, including intellectuals of bihar, on sunday criticised jharkhand chief minister babulal marandi for arresting a large number of cpi(ml) cadres and party mla mahendra singh on “false and frivolous charges� and demanded their immediate release. in a joint statement here, central committee member of the cpi(ml) k d yadav, state cpi secretary jallalulddin ansari, cpi(m) state secretary ganesh shanker vidyarthi, marxist communist party of india (mcpi) state secretary vijay choudhary, socialist unity centre of india (suci) representative satish, cpi(ml) (ekta pahal) arvind sinha criticised the marandi government for arresting the ml workers and party mla from bagodar.several intellectuals of patna also demanded the release of ml activists. the action initiated by the marandi government against the ml workers was aimed at gagging the voice of people of the region, they said.