Calcutta High Court seeks police report on CPM book stalls near Durga Puja pandal

Kolkata, October 14 (UNI) The Calcutta High Court sought a report from the police on the permissions granted to political organisations to set up book stalls near a Durga Puja pandal in Bongaon, North 24 Parganas, after the CPM alleged that it was being denied permission to set up its stall this year. Questioning the objection to a book stall, Justice Sougata Bhattacharya on Wednesday observed, "You are not setting up a lottery shop there. You are setting up a bookshop. What is the problem?" The court also stressed that the voice of opposition political parties should not be suppressed.…