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Nandigram Anniversary Becomes Flashpoint as TMC, BJP Trade Barbs

TMC leaders tied the 2007 land-rights bloodshed to present claims of "silent, invisible rigging."

Overview

  • Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee posted a tribute on X, declaring she could forget her own name but never Nandigram and saluting the movement’s 'martyrs.'
  • Abhishek Banerjee said Bengal would humble the BJP at the ballot box and alleged the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision amounts to 'silent, invisible rigging.'
  • The BJP held a separate observance in Nandigram led by Suvendu Adhikari, who marched with black flags and called the 2007 events a 'blood-stained sunrise.'
  • At the Shaheed Bedi memorial, Adhikari said supporting Mamata Banerjee’s rise in 2011 was a mistake and alleged some victim families were denied compensation, a claim the TMC rejects.
  • The commemorations recalled the 2007 protests against land acquisition for a Salim Group-linked chemical hub, with multiple reports citing 14 deaths in police firing.