New Delhi: Terming the violence in Nandigram as shocking, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani on Tuesday sought a discussion on the issue in the coming winter session of Parliament.
"We believe while a discussion on the nuke deal is important, but no less important is a discussion on Nandigram and the plight of the farmers there," Advani said at the N S C Bose International Airport in Kolkata before leaving for Nandigram.
He said what has happened in Nandigram was shocking beyond words.
Advani, who led a NDA delegation, said that the CPI-M might be obsessed with international issues and the Indo-US nuclear deal, but as far the nation was concerned, "we saw how the CPI-M government led by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has nuked the farmers in Nandigram and nuked the government of India."
The senior BJP leader also expressed surprise that no Central minister and the Chief Minister had visited Nandigram.
CRPF enters Nandigram
After CPI-M’s excesses on Monday, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) managed to enter strife-torn Nandigram on Tuesday, top police official of East Midnapore district said.
There has been no resistance from either the CPI-M or anti-land acquisition Bhoomi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (BUPC).
However, the CRPF has recovered two country made guns and one .303 rifle from Sonachura in Nandigram.
The Central forces have set up five camps in the interior areas as 500 CRPF personnel conducted raids at Sonachura, Gokulnagar, Adhikaripara and other areas, all erstwhile strongholds of BUPC, but now under the control of CPI-M.
There were also no reports of retaliatory attacks by CPI-M cadres on members of the BUPC. Officials have also denied reports of exchange of fire with CPI-M cadres on Tuesday night at Garchakraberia.
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