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URL copied 14 years on, Nandigram, cradle of Bengal s anti-land acquisition stir, craves for industrial growth Fourteen years after a bloody farmland agitation in Nandigram changed West Bengal s political landscape, and plans to set up a chemical hub there went kaput, residents of this once-obscure constituency now desperately want industrial development to stop their menfolk from leaving home in search of work. Battle lines have been redrawn in Nandigram, a place that shook the foundations of the mighty 34-year-old Left Front regime in the state and propelled the TMC to power in 2011, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to take on her protege-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari in this assembly segment on April 1. ....
14 years on, Nandigram, cradle of Bengal s anti-land acquisition stir, craves for industrial growth SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 02:06 PM IST Share Synopsis Although the discrete constituency stands polarised along political and communal lines, parties and locals, notwithstanding the differences, believe that setting up of industry would be welcomed with open arms unlike 2007, when it had faced stiff opposition. Agencies The BJP, which is leaving no stone unturned to defeat Banerjee, has, on its part, promised to set up industries in the area to ensure unemployed youths get jobs. Fourteen years after a bloody farmland agitation in Nandigram changed West Bengal s political landscape, and plans to set up a chemical hub there went kaput, residents of this once-obscure constituency now desperately want industrial development to stop their menfolk from leaving home in search of work. ....
Bengal polls: Violence returns to Nandigram, threatens to break brittle peace Staccato sounds of gunfire are once again breaking the fragile peace of this small town in East Midnapore district where violent clashes between ruling TMC supporters and those of the BJP. Share Via Email | A+A A- By PTI NADIGRAM: Memories of the dark days of the anti-land acquisition movement, when they hunkered down in paddy fields as marauding hordes roamed about terrorising people, have returned to haunt Nandigram. Staccato sounds of gunfire are once again breaking the fragile peace of this small town in West Bengal s East Midnapore district where violent clashes between ruling TMC supporters and those of the BJP have become commonplace in the run up to the assembly elections to be held in a few months from now. ....
Updated Feb 03, 2021 | 13:13 IST A blood-soaked Nandigram, a little known semi-urban landscape that shot to national limelight in 2007, had jolted the mighty Left Front government. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has a strong presence in Nandigram | Photo Credit: IANS Nandigram: Memories of the dark days of the anti-land acquisition movement, when they hunkered down in paddy fields as marauding hordes roamed about terrorising people, have returned to haunt Nandigram. Staccato sounds of gunfire are once again breaking the fragile peace of this small town in West Bengal s East Midnapore district where violent clashes between ruling TMC supporters and those of the BJP have become commonplace in the run up to the assembly elections to be held in a few months from now. ....
Violence returns to Nandigram, threatens to break brittle peace SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 03, 2021, 01:19 PM IST Share Synopsis Staccato sounds of gunfire are once again breaking the fragile peace of this small town in West Bengal s East Midnapore district where violent clashes between ruling TMC supporters and those of the BJP have become commonplace in the run up to the assembly elections to be held in a few months from now. NANDIGRAM, WEST BENGAL: Memories of the dark days of the anti-land acquisition movement, when they hunkered down in paddy fields as marauding hordes roamed about terrorising people, have returned to haunt Nandigram. ....