Dismissal urged
An Indian opposition group yesterday urged the dismissal of the West Bengal state's Marxist rulers for allowing police to open fire on demonstrators, killing 12 of them, AP reports from Calcutta.
The clash occurred on Wednesday when nearly 100,000 people demonstrated against the state government and tried to prevent employees from entering its headquarters in central Calcutta.
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