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Bardhan counsels caution

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KOLKATA: General secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) A.B. Bardhan on Wednesday called for "transparency" in plans while setting up industrial projects in West Bengal.

"The State Government should talk to the people of the area concerned before acquiring land and discuss the issue with the Left Front partners to ensure that transparency is maintained," he said on the eve of the three-day national council meeting of the party here.

The local people and the Left Front constituents should be taken into confidence before land was acquired for the proposed special economic zone to be set up by the Indonesian conglomerate, the Salim Group, at Nandigram in Purbo Medinipur district.

The State Government should be cautious while acquiring land for industries.

Five policemen were injured when they were attacked by a mob at Nandigram earlier in the day. The mob ransacked a local gram panchayat office and set ablaze a police vehicle.

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