Kolkata, Nov 22: West Bengal Chief Minister
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee would visit Lalgarh in West Midnapore
district, where the tribals are agitating against 'police
excesses' by blockading the area, to reach out to them.
Water Investigation Minister Nandagopal Bhattacharjee
told reporters in Kolkata on Saturday after a Left Front meeting that the Chief
Minister, if necessary, would visit Lalgarh to meet the
aggrieved tribals.
Another LF leader said that Bhattacherjee told the
meeting that he would visit Lalgarh.
The leader who preferred anonymity said that the chief
minister who gave a briefing about administrative steps
declared he wanted a resolution of the stalemate through
dialogue.
LF chairman Biman Bose, however, said that it was not
decided when the chief minister would go to Lalgarh, which is
at the centre of the tribal agitation that sparked off after
police raids following the November 2 mine blast at Salboni in
the district.
Bose, the CPI (M) state secretary, described the
turmoil in West Midnapore and adjoining Bankura district as
part of a 'conspiracy' by forces within and outside the
country to break up West Bengal.
Bose, however, said that the Front at this juncture
was against the use of force.
"We have asked the administration to have patience and
accelerate the process of dialogue with the agitating tribal
leaders," he said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 00:00