By way of PTI
KOLKATA: TMC and BJP locked horns on Tuesday as each events blamed each and every different for claiming the legacy of the anti-land acquisition motion at Nandigram on its sixteenth anniversary.
The BJP, led via the Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, organised rallies in Nandigram house of Purba Medinipur district to commemorate the day which noticed 14 anti-land acquisition protestors killed in police firing in 2007.
“The Nandigram motion was once no longer a motion of any specific birthday celebration however of the locals. This can be a heroic story of resilience and combat of the deficient other folks of Nandigram, who fought towards the then mighty Left Entrance. However sadly one political birthday celebration derived advantages from this other folks’s motion,” he mentioned in an indirect connection with TMC whilst providing floral tributes at Gokulnagar to those that died within the police motion on that fateful day.
Adhikari, the Nandigram lawmaker who had defected from TMC to the saffron camp forward of the 2021 meeting polls, took a dig on the Mamata Banerjee govt for selling IPS officials who have been accountable for the incident in spite of being, what he referred to as, the “largest beneficiary of the political motion”. “I come right here once a year since 2008 to pay tribute to the sacrifices made via the folk of Nandigram. Sarcastically, those that have given promotions to law enforcement officials accountable for Nandigram bloodbath are actually celebrating Nandigram Diwas,” he mentioned.
On Martyrs’ Day, I paid my respects on the Shahid Bedi of Adhikari Para & Shahid Minar at Sonachura, remembering without equal sacrifice of the 14 farmers who have been killed in Police firing at Nandigram in 2007. I additionally honoured their members of the family.#Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee %.twitter.com/HyKfOb6CNP
— Suvendu Adhikari • (@SuvenduWB) March 14, 2023
TMC observes March 14 as ‘Nandigram Diwas’ because it got here to energy in West Bengal in 2011 to pay its recognize to the 14 who have been killed within the police firing all through the anti-land acquisition stir within the house in 2007.
Senior TMC chief and minister Chandrima Bhattacharya visited Nandigram Tuesday morning, paid floral tributes to the martyrs and met their households.
She hit again at Adhikari’s innuendo pronouncing “We do not want classes on Nandigram or the motion from traitors. The Nandigram motion wouldn’t have came about had Mamata Banerjee no longer been there. So the ones seeking to suitable the legacy of Nandigram are insulting the folk’s motion,” she mentioned.
Bhattacharya mentioned the BJP chief and his circle of relatives have been the “largest beneficiary” of the motion which was once led via Banerjee, the TMC supremo.
West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted “March 14 marks a black day in Bengal’s historical past. It is a grim reminder of the barbaric assaults on hapless farmers of Bengal, of the 14 martyrs of Nandigram and the numerous villagers who have been subjected to state-sponsored violence”.
She claimed that West Bengal is without doubt one of the most sensible agricultural manufacturers within the nation and empowered the rustic’s farmers. “16 years later, Bengal has emerged as a number one agricultural state that empowers its farmers and allows them to steer dignified lives. Nandigram Diwas is a daring testomony to our indomitable preventing spirit and unrelenting zeal to safe each resident of the state,” she tweeted.
March 14 marks a black day in Bengal’s historical past.
This can be a grim reminder of the barbaric assaults at the hapless farmers of Bengal, of the 14 martyrs of Nandigram and the numerous villagers who have been subjected to state-sponsored violence.
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— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 14, 2023
Because the then opposition chief, Banerjee had joined and led the actions towards the erstwhile Left Entrance govt’s acquisition of arable land in Nandigram and Singur for industrialisation.
Adhikari was once then her depended on lieutenant in Nandigram Her birthday celebration TMC reaped wealthy dividends from the agitations via successful 50 in line with cent of the panchayat seats in 2008, bagging 19 Lok Sabha seats in 2009 and finishing the 34-year-long Left Entrance rule within the state in 2011.
TMC returned to energy for the 3rd successive time period in 2021 however a high-pitched marketing campaign via the BJP.
Banerjee, alternatively, misplaced to Adhikari in Nandigram.
She was once later elected from her house seat of Bhabanipur with a report margin in a by-poll held later that yr.
KOLKATA: TMC and BJP locked horns on Tuesday as each events blamed each and every different for claiming the legacy of the anti-land acquisition motion at Nandigram on its sixteenth anniversary.
The BJP, led via the Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, organised rallies in Nandigram house of Purba Medinipur district to commemorate the day which noticed 14 anti-land acquisition protestors killed in police firing in 2007.
“The Nandigram motion was once no longer a motion of any specific birthday celebration however of the locals. This can be a heroic story of resilience and combat of the deficient other folks of Nandigram, who fought towards the then mighty Left Entrance. However sadly one political birthday celebration derived advantages from this other folks’s motion,” he mentioned in an indirect connection with TMC whilst providing floral tributes at Gokulnagar to those that died within the police motion on that fateful day.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Adhikari, the Nandigram lawmaker who had defected from TMC to the saffron camp forward of the 2021 meeting polls, took a dig on the Mamata Banerjee govt for selling IPS officials who have been accountable for the incident in spite of being, what he referred to as, the “largest beneficiary of the political motion”. “I come right here once a year since 2008 to pay tribute to the sacrifices made via the folk of Nandigram. Sarcastically, those that have given promotions to law enforcement officials accountable for Nandigram bloodbath are actually celebrating Nandigram Diwas,” he mentioned.
On Martyrs’ Day, I paid my respects on the Shahid Bedi of Adhikari Para & Shahid Minar at Sonachura, remembering without equal sacrifice of the 14 farmers who have been killed in Police firing at Nandigram in 2007. I additionally honoured their members of the family.#Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee %.twitter.com/HyKfOb6CNP
— Suvendu Adhikari • (@SuvenduWB) March 14, 2023
TMC observes March 14 as ‘Nandigram Diwas’ because it got here to energy in West Bengal in 2011 to pay its recognize to the 14 who have been killed within the police firing all through the anti-land acquisition stir within the house in 2007.
Senior TMC chief and minister Chandrima Bhattacharya visited Nandigram Tuesday morning, paid floral tributes to the martyrs and met their households.
She hit again at Adhikari’s innuendo pronouncing “We do not want classes on Nandigram or the motion from traitors. The Nandigram motion wouldn’t have came about had Mamata Banerjee no longer been there. So the ones seeking to suitable the legacy of Nandigram are insulting the folk’s motion,” she mentioned.
Bhattacharya mentioned the BJP chief and his circle of relatives have been the “largest beneficiary” of the motion which was once led via Banerjee, the TMC supremo.
West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted “March 14 marks a black day in Bengal’s historical past. It is a grim reminder of the barbaric assaults on hapless farmers of Bengal, of the 14 martyrs of Nandigram and the numerous villagers who have been subjected to state-sponsored violence”.
She claimed that West Bengal is without doubt one of the most sensible agricultural manufacturers within the nation and empowered the rustic’s farmers. “16 years later, Bengal has emerged as a number one agricultural state that empowers its farmers and allows them to steer dignified lives. Nandigram Diwas is a daring testomony to our indomitable preventing spirit and unrelenting zeal to safe each resident of the state,” she tweeted.
March 14 marks a black day in Bengal’s historical past.
This can be a grim reminder of the barbaric assaults at the hapless farmers of Bengal, of the 14 martyrs of Nandigram and the numerous villagers who have been subjected to state-sponsored violence.
1/2
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 14, 2023
Because the then opposition chief, Banerjee had joined and led the actions towards the erstwhile Left Entrance govt’s acquisition of arable land in Nandigram and Singur for industrialisation.
Adhikari was once then her depended on lieutenant in Nandigram Her birthday celebration TMC reaped wealthy dividends from the agitations via successful 50 in line with cent of the panchayat seats in 2008, bagging 19 Lok Sabha seats in 2009 and finishing the 34-year-long Left Entrance rule within the state in 2011.
TMC returned to energy for the 3rd successive time period in 2021 however a high-pitched marketing campaign via the BJP.
Banerjee, alternatively, misplaced to Adhikari in Nandigram.
She was once later elected from her house seat of Bhabanipur with a report margin in a by-poll held later that yr.