Peace process in Nandigram begins
The West Bengal government has decided to begin today the peace process in Nandigram, where 14 people were killed in violence four and half months back, veteran CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu said.
By PTI |
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has decided to begin today the peace process in Nandigram, where 14 people were killed in violence four and half months back, veteran CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu said.
"The chief minister (Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee) has said that the peace process in Nandigram is beginning on Friday," Basu said after the weekly CPI (M) state secretariat meeting here where Bhattacharjee was also present.
The government was forced to shelve the chemical hub SEZ in Nandigram following stiff protests by villagers led by Trinamool Congress and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind under the umbrella of Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee.
However, the area continued to be on boil prompting the Chief Minister to appeal to the opposition for talks on restoring peace in Nandigram.
Bhattacharjee has also written to the opposition parties on the chemical hub, which is now proposed to be set up in Haldia, as also the acquisition of agricultural land for industries.
However, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has rejected the chief minister's overtures, saying their agitation would continue till the perpetrators of the March 14 'genocide' in Nandigram were brought to book.
Basu, however, said that the government was not thinking of holding an all party meeting to arrive at a consensus on the proposed chemical hub in Haldia.
"We are not thinking about it. We are thinking about Nandigram. An area cannot remain a free zone for long," said Basu, a former West Bengal chief minister.
"The chief minister (Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee) has said that the peace process in Nandigram is beginning on Friday," Basu said after the weekly CPI (M) state secretariat meeting here where Bhattacharjee was also present.
The government was forced to shelve the chemical hub SEZ in Nandigram following stiff protests by villagers led by Trinamool Congress and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind under the umbrella of Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee.
However, the area continued to be on boil prompting the Chief Minister to appeal to the opposition for talks on restoring peace in Nandigram.
Bhattacharjee has also written to the opposition parties on the chemical hub, which is now proposed to be set up in Haldia, as also the acquisition of agricultural land for industries.
However, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has rejected the chief minister's overtures, saying their agitation would continue till the perpetrators of the March 14 'genocide' in Nandigram were brought to book.
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Basu, however, said that the government was not thinking of holding an all party meeting to arrive at a consensus on the proposed chemical hub in Haldia.
"We are not thinking about it. We are thinking about Nandigram. An area cannot remain a free zone for long," said Basu, a former West Bengal chief minister.
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