CPI(ML) promises land reforms in manifesto

PATNA: CPI(ML) Liberation, one of the key left allies of the opposition INDIA bloc, on Sunday released its “Parivartan Sankalp Patra”—a pledge paper or manifesto of the party for Bihar assembly polls, promising to implement the recommendations of the land reforms committee report of D Bandyopadhaya , enhance the reservation limit in state jobs and educational institutions to 65% for backward and scheduled castes, give minimum wages to Asha and other contractual workers, and redistribute around 2.1 million acres of land, among others.

- Anirban Guha Roy

Releasing the party's manifesto, CPI-ML general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said that Bihar, going to election, is standing on the throes of a new era and the opposition coalition was committed to oust the NDA government led by CM Nitish Kumar from power. The party is contesting 20 seats in alliance with RJD, Congress and o