We are horrified by the barbaric attack being committed on the people of Nandigram by a veritable army of CPI(M) cadres and anti-social elements. In a clearly pre-planned move, co-ordinated with the West Bengal government, the CPI(M) is out to recapture what it identifies as lost territory, and to teach the people of Nandigram a lesson for originally resisting the attempt to acquire their lands for setting up an SEZ by the Salim group of Indonesia. The ongoing atrocities, which includes the surrounding of Nandigram from all sides, penetration by armed brigades of CPI(M) cadres, widespread firing, looting, destruction and burning of homes and eviction of thousands of people all signify this absolutely fascist move. The attackers have erected road-blocks all around Nandigram and have physically assaulted and prevented human rights workers and social activists from entering Nandigram, and have also prevented the injured from getting medical attention. More disturbingly, the police has remained a silent spectator at all places, suggesting direct abetment by the state government of West Bengal. This ongoing chain of events, which the CPI(M) is claiming to be in order for its displaced supporters to return to their homes in Nandigram, has been cleverly timed to coincide with the Kali puja/Diwali festivities so that peoples%u2019 attention can be kept diverted from these crimes. However, this attempt has failed miserably as strong protests from all sections of people have already erupted
