Reminiscent of the conclaves of non-Congress chief ministers in 1983-84, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministers to come together to protect the rights of the states from being eroded further.
It has asked the non-BJP chief ministers to protest the alleged misuse of central investigating agencies by the Narendra Modi government.
From June 1983 to February 1984, leaders of non-Congress political parties had organised conclaves in Vijayawada, Kolkata (then Calcutta) and Srinagar to demand that the Indira Gandhi government stop misuse of Article 356 of the Constitution.
On Tuesday, CPI(M) chief Sitaram Yechury said it

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