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Nandigram still hot

Press Trust of India
Saturday, May 12, 2007 (Midnapore)
The differences between CPI-M and allies of the Left Front over whether an all-party state-level meeting or a district-level one should be held to restore peace at Nandigram continued on Saturday, with the former opposing the demand by Forward Bloc, RSP and CPI.CPI-M state secretary and Left Front chairman Biman Bose said it was decided at a meeting of the front on May 7 that a district-level meeting would be held first to restore normalcy at Nandigram.Stating that unanimous resolutions at Left Front meetings could not be flouted, he said without naming the leaders of partners: ''Who are these leaders who are taking these initiatives? The CPI-M will not have any role in such meetings being proposed.''The decision of the LF allies, Forward Bloc, RSP and CPI that an all-party state-level meeting should first be held, was shot down by Bose on Friday, but the three parties have stuck to their stand.Senior CPI leader and Water Resources Development Minister Nanda Gopal Bhattacharjee met Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to convey the decision of the allies.