Mumbai, March 25 -- The Maharashtra State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] on Tuesday issued a scathing condemnation of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's NDA-led State government's "Special Jana Suraksha Bill" (Special Public Safety Bill), calling it an anti-democratic measure designed to suppress dissent.

In a press statement, the CPI(M) demanded immediate withdrawal of the legislation, warning that it grants sweeping powers to even low-ranking police officers to stifle organised resistance against government policies.

The party accused the BJP-led Maharashtra government, where Fadnavis also holds the Home portfolio, of masking its intent to crush democratic voices under the pretext of curbing "Urban Naxals...