CPI condemns UP police ban on V P Singh

New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) Communist Party of India (CPI) today strongly condemned the ''repressive'' measures of the Uttar Pradesh government against people's movement protesting Reliance power plant at Dadri.

''The farmers of UP are agitating against the land grabbing by the state government to facilitate big industrial houses setting-up power projects in Ghaziabad,'' the CPI Central Secretariat said.

The party said the state police ''banned'' the entry of former prime minister V P Singh and CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan who wanted to participate in the farmers' rally.

''But the leaders will defy the ban,'' the Central Secretariat statement said adding the rights and assets of farmers need to be protected.

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