This was the second longest human chain ever formed in the state. Over 30 lakh Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists Oct 2, 2009, formed a 500-km human chain to protest a free trade agreement signed between New Delhi and the Association of South East Asian Nations.
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