Kolkata: Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee owned up responsibility “on behalf of the state government” for the “lapses” in Nandigram, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee demanded his resignation for triggering the Nandigram bloodbath.
“If he has owned up responsibility for the Nandigram incident and has the minimum respect for democracy, he should resign,” Mamata said.
“If anyone indulges in killing and says sorry, can the person be excused? The Chief Minister had prepared the blueprint for the Nandigram operation with the police and CPI-M cadres. If he really owns up responsibility and has the minimum respect for democracy, he should step down,” she told a meeting in Kolkata shortly after Bhattacharjee made the announcement.
“But he will not quit his chair although the people want punishment for him,” she said.
Earlier on Wednesday, Buddhadeb announced that the state government has decided to scrap the SEZ project in Nandigram and shift it to a new location.
“Even after the Nandigram incident, the chief minister is saying that the chemical hub will come up somewhere else in the state. But where will it be set up? We know their plan. We know where it will come up,” Mamata claimed.
She said on earlier occasions too, Bhattacharjee had said that the chemical hub would not be set up in Nandigram if the people there did not want it. “Then why did he go there? Now Bhattacharjee has embarked on a damage control exercise and is trying to manage Delhi,” she alleged.
“But how will he manage now? The people do not believe him and they don't have confidence in his government,” she claimed.
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