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| Buddhadeb defends 'Nandigram takeov |
| Thousands of people protested on the streets of Kolkata against the violence in Nandigram and Buddhadeb's defiance.
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| INDIA
, 15-November-2007
2:15:43 AM |
| West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya is still defending the violent take over of Nandigram by the CPM.
On Tuesday, justifying the bloodshed he said those controlling Nandigram were paid back in their own coin.
Today while sticking to his stand, Bhattacharya said he spoke as a party leader and not as the chief minister of West Bengal.
Thousands of people protested on the streets of Kolkata against the violence in Nandigram and Buddhadeb's defiance.
''I stick to that. Some people are trying to project that the violence was started by CPI-M workers. Last 11 months, the Bhoomi Uchched Pratirodh Committee, the Trinamool Congress and the Maoists were creating violence with arms. And last two-three days, CPI-M workers had paid them back in their own coin,'' said Bhattacharya.
There were qualifiers that he is speaking as a CPI-M party leader and not as a chief minister. But after the widespread condemnation of yesterday's statement, no one was listening.
The silence of the masses led by artists and intellectuals is breaking out into a roar against the manner in which the government has handled Nandigram.
Not only Kolkata's intelligentsia, Buddhadeb's own Left Front partners took him to task for his attempt to justify the eye for an eye policy in Nandigram.
Meanwhile, the state government has allotted Rs one crore for relief and resettlement of those returning home.
Supporting CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose's statement that there was a ''new dawn'' in Nandigram following the ''recapture'', Bhattacharjee said the government has allocated Rs one crore from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for relief and rehabilitation.
''The fund is being sent to the (East Midnapore) District Magistrate. From this, Rs 1,000 would be given to the returning families for reconstruction of fully-damaged houses and Rs 500 for partially damaged ones. Each family would be given another Rs 1,000 for buying utensils,'' he said.
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