11-12-2007, 02:44 AM
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Pioneer.com
Saugar Sengupta | Kolaghat/Kolkata
Defiant cadre stop CRPF from moving in; allies blame CPM for violence
The CPI(M)'s November raid on Nandigram seems to have brought in a new set of problems for the Left Front. Hoodwinked, ignored and humiliated, the Front partners, including RSP, Forward Bloc and CPI on Sunday severely criticised the big brother, which is likely to have some effect on the State politics.Â
Almost concurrent to Sunday's fall of Nandigram when heavily armed cadre fired their way into Sonachura, the stronghold of <b>Trinamool Congress-backed Bhumi Ucchhed Pratorodh Committee, other Front leaders dissociated themselves from the "genocide" holding the CPI(M) solely responsible for the bloodshed "that could well have been avoided."</b>
Emerging from a Front meeting, CPI State secretary Manju Majumdar told mediapersons how the three partners disapproved of the way Nandigram tangle had been approached. "We are against violence and bloodshed. Whatever happened in Nandigram over the past three days was sheer violence and nothing else and we are against it. We hold the CPI(M) solely responsible for what happened in Nandigram," Majumdar said.
Though the Forward Bloc leaders refused to talk to the media, privately they expressed their anger over the way in which their leaders like Ashok Ghosh were ill-treated by the CPI(M) leadership. The FB and CPI leaders had on Saturday been invited for a Front meeting by the CPI(M) but were not entertained when they reached the party's Alimuddin Street State headquarters.
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"Our leaders were treated as though they were servants. They are not. The CPI(M) is doing everything to break the Left Front so fondly nurtured by Jyoti Basu," said a senior FB leader requesting anonymity.
The RSP seemed to be more forthright with senior Minister and RSP leader Kshiti Goswami who "attended the meeting at the request of comrade Ashok Ghosh." He said "the CPI(M) and the Government are responsible for the human carnage in Nandigram."
Meanwhile, TV channel Star Ananda said 500 CRPF personnel were stopped from proceeding by armed CPI(M) cadre at Reyapada on the outskirts of Nandigram.
"Earlier, all-party meetings had failed but we still hoped a political process would start in Nandigram.
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But the CPI(M) had different plans in mind." When asked by The Pioneer as to what he would do to register his protest, the Minister said "<b>I have already sought permission from my leaders to quit the Cabinet. In fact, our party would also decide on whether to remain in the Cabinet in future."</b>
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Pioneer.com
Saugar Sengupta | Kolaghat/Kolkata
Defiant cadre stop CRPF from moving in; allies blame CPM for violence
The CPI(M)'s November raid on Nandigram seems to have brought in a new set of problems for the Left Front. Hoodwinked, ignored and humiliated, the Front partners, including RSP, Forward Bloc and CPI on Sunday severely criticised the big brother, which is likely to have some effect on the State politics.Â
Almost concurrent to Sunday's fall of Nandigram when heavily armed cadre fired their way into Sonachura, the stronghold of <b>Trinamool Congress-backed Bhumi Ucchhed Pratorodh Committee, other Front leaders dissociated themselves from the "genocide" holding the CPI(M) solely responsible for the bloodshed "that could well have been avoided."</b>
Emerging from a Front meeting, CPI State secretary Manju Majumdar told mediapersons how the three partners disapproved of the way Nandigram tangle had been approached. "We are against violence and bloodshed. Whatever happened in Nandigram over the past three days was sheer violence and nothing else and we are against it. We hold the CPI(M) solely responsible for what happened in Nandigram," Majumdar said.
Though the Forward Bloc leaders refused to talk to the media, privately they expressed their anger over the way in which their leaders like Ashok Ghosh were ill-treated by the CPI(M) leadership. The FB and CPI leaders had on Saturday been invited for a Front meeting by the CPI(M) but were not entertained when they reached the party's Alimuddin Street State headquarters.
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"Our leaders were treated as though they were servants. They are not. The CPI(M) is doing everything to break the Left Front so fondly nurtured by Jyoti Basu," said a senior FB leader requesting anonymity.
The RSP seemed to be more forthright with senior Minister and RSP leader Kshiti Goswami who "attended the meeting at the request of comrade Ashok Ghosh." He said "the CPI(M) and the Government are responsible for the human carnage in Nandigram."
Meanwhile, TV channel Star Ananda said 500 CRPF personnel were stopped from proceeding by armed CPI(M) cadre at Reyapada on the outskirts of Nandigram.
"Earlier, all-party meetings had failed but we still hoped a political process would start in Nandigram.
Â
But the CPI(M) had different plans in mind." When asked by The Pioneer as to what he would do to register his protest, the Minister said "<b>I have already sought permission from my leaders to quit the Cabinet. In fact, our party would also decide on whether to remain in the Cabinet in future."</b>
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