01-08-2007, 08:57 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>CPM, Buddha stand alone, SEZ struck</b>
Pioneer.com
Santanu Banerjee | New Delhi
Left Front, allies abandon party
Sharp divide has surfaced among the Left front partners over breakout of violence in Nandigram in East Mednapore District in West Bengal. The CPI and RSP have joined the Opposition in condemning the West Bengal Government for terrorising the farmers through strong-arm tactics.
Speaking to The Pioneer, the all India general secretary of CPI farmer organisation (All India Kisan Sabha) Atul Kumar Anjan said: "The CPI(M) did not discuss the strategy in Left Front forum for how to go about acquiring land for the SEZ in Nandigram. It seems they haven't learnt any lesson from Singur."
Amjan questioned the role of police and said both the State Government and police deliberately brought the farmers under sense of insecurity.
RSP leader Aboni Roy went a step further by accusing the Buddhadeb Bhattachajee Government of facilitating the loot of farmer's land.
He regretted that the State Government did not negotiate with both the farmers and the political parties before issuing notification for acquiring multi-crop land for SEZ. "Its a loot of farmers land," he said.
Anjan said his organisation strongly pleaded for shifting SEZs to over 3 lakh hectare of fellow land in West Bengal and the State Government should have built infrastructure to attract investment.
With the Left Front partners alleging that deals with Tata and Indonesia-based Salem Group lacked transparency, the State Government has also come under pressure from the left sympathisers.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>On Monday, historian Romila Thapar, Justice Rajinder Sachar, Sumit Chakraborty and Arundhati Roy wrote to top Left leaders condemning the complicity of the CPI(M) in escalating violence in Nandigram.</span>
"While we condemn the burning down of CPI(M) office in Nandigram, we condemn party more strongly- and State-sponsored strong-arm tactics used by West Bengal Government to create fear among the farmers," a letter sent to all top Left leaders by these activists said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why they are not asking CM resigination?
Pioneer.com
Santanu Banerjee | New Delhi
Left Front, allies abandon party
Sharp divide has surfaced among the Left front partners over breakout of violence in Nandigram in East Mednapore District in West Bengal. The CPI and RSP have joined the Opposition in condemning the West Bengal Government for terrorising the farmers through strong-arm tactics.
Speaking to The Pioneer, the all India general secretary of CPI farmer organisation (All India Kisan Sabha) Atul Kumar Anjan said: "The CPI(M) did not discuss the strategy in Left Front forum for how to go about acquiring land for the SEZ in Nandigram. It seems they haven't learnt any lesson from Singur."
Amjan questioned the role of police and said both the State Government and police deliberately brought the farmers under sense of insecurity.
RSP leader Aboni Roy went a step further by accusing the Buddhadeb Bhattachajee Government of facilitating the loot of farmer's land.
He regretted that the State Government did not negotiate with both the farmers and the political parties before issuing notification for acquiring multi-crop land for SEZ. "Its a loot of farmers land," he said.
Anjan said his organisation strongly pleaded for shifting SEZs to over 3 lakh hectare of fellow land in West Bengal and the State Government should have built infrastructure to attract investment.
With the Left Front partners alleging that deals with Tata and Indonesia-based Salem Group lacked transparency, the State Government has also come under pressure from the left sympathisers.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>On Monday, historian Romila Thapar, Justice Rajinder Sachar, Sumit Chakraborty and Arundhati Roy wrote to top Left leaders condemning the complicity of the CPI(M) in escalating violence in Nandigram.</span>
"While we condemn the burning down of CPI(M) office in Nandigram, we condemn party more strongly- and State-sponsored strong-arm tactics used by West Bengal Government to create fear among the farmers," a letter sent to all top Left leaders by these activists said. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why they are not asking CM resigination?