Admitting their presence in strife-torn Nandigram, members of the CPI (Maoist) today said the outfit had "stood by the people there as (it is) a communist duty". |
Stating that Nandigram symbolised the struggle against forcible land acquisition for multinational companies (MNCs) and big corporate houses, and against special economic zones (SEZs), the CPI (Maoist) said in a statement here: "We stand by the people whose life is at stake. We stood by the people of Nandigram as a communist duty." |
Stating that CPI-Marxists wanted to "terrorise" the people in Nandigram to accept SEZ and accept land acquisition for the MNCs, it said: "Nandigram is still alive and will rise very soon as a glowing sun." |
It said all, except "power happy local CPI(M) leaders", had joined the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee to resist the ruling CPI(M)'s move for land acquisition there. |
The CPI(M), after the recapture of Nandigram, would forcibly "extract consent" for the chemical hub, it claimed. |
The outfit said it had no intention to harm or kill people for the sake of violence. "We have been leading a people's war for a new exploitation-free society. We make a clear difference between revolutionary and reactionary violence." |