INS raps move to stop newspaper distribution

The Indian Newspaper Society has condemned the move by Centre for Indian Trade Unions in West Bengal to suspend distribution of newspapers in Kolkata on August 8. 8220;This decision, we are informed, has been taken to extend support to a strike espousing the cause of unorganised sector workers scheduled that day,8221; said a statement issued on Thursday. 8220;Never before has distribution of newspapers been suspended on the occasion of a strike or a bandh, and it is indeed surprising that CITU should resort to this drastic action to block the free flow of information to readers,8221; it added. The INS has appealed to leaders of the Left Front, the Communist Party of India Marxist and the CITU to not resort to this grossly undemocratic action.