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Buddhadeb briefs LF partners

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Apprehension that incident may jeopardise Left unity in State

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is believed to have explained his Government's decision to send security forces to Nandigram at a meeting of Left Front partners here on Thursday.

Some of the constituents such as the All-India Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Socialist Party and the Communist Party of India have been critical of the police firing there on Wednesday. Their leaders have expressed apprehensions that the incident might jeopardise Left Front amity in the State.

The Front will continue its campaign to defeat the attempts being made by certain forces to create unrest in the State as they have been doing at Nandigram, the meeting concurred.

Another meeting of the Front leaders will be held on Saturday, chairman of the LF committee Biman Bose said.

Prior to the meeting, Mr. Bhattacharjee called on CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhanand briefed him about the recent developments at Nandigram. He emphasised that there was no intention to set up the proposed chemical hub in the area if the locals were averse to the idea.

Earlier in the afternoon, Mr. Bardhan admitted there was a "crisis" in the Left Front in the wake of the developments at Nandigram. He regretted the police firing and underlined the need for transparency in Government actions and for consultations with the constituents before initiating them.

He described the firing as the "most tragic and unprecedented event in the 30-year history of Left Front rule in West Bengal."

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