Suvendu Adhikari to reopen Nandigram cases, promises new FIRs against former Left leaders
The West Bengal Chief Minister called the drive ‘Operation Suryodaya’; it concerns violence during the Left Front government’s rule.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on 10 November that his government will reopen cases about alleged atrocities in Nandigram during the Left Front government, The Times of India reported. He promised fresh FIRs against former leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Mr. Adhikari called the drive “Operation Suryodaya”. The report did not say which cases would be reopened, which leaders could be named, or when.
The background
Nandigram, in Purba Medinipur district, saw a long protest in 2007 against plans to acquire farmland for an industrial zone. Fourteen people were killed when police opened fire on protesters on 14 March 2007. The protests helped end 34 years of Left Front rule in 2011.
Mr. Adhikari was one of the leaders of the Nandigram movement, then as a member of the Trinamool Congress. He later joined the BJP and defeated Mamata Banerjee in the Nandigram Assembly seat in 2021.
The CPI(M)’s response was not available when this story was published.
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