Click to play videoNandigram: After Sunday's angry clashes that left eight people dead in Nandigram district of West Bengal, a breakthrough in the deadlock seems to be in sight.
An all-party panel in the village has agreed to persuade the residents into letting the police enter the village. The panel has a strong influence on the villagers, and could help solve the crisis.
For the last six days the police and administration were desperate to get into the village, but were stopped and stayed away to avoid confrontation.
Now it appears the Committee would manage to persuade the villagers to let them in. This could happen as early as the day after tomorrow.
For Bengal, it was the fifth bandh in two months. Most shops and commercial establishments were closed, and there were reports of sporadic violence from across the state.
Close to 2,000 bandh supporters were arrested, and at least two commuters were injured when a crude bomb was hurled at a bus in which they were traveling. The policemen exercised restraint
"Yes, of course, police has to handle it very carefully because these are very sensitive issues,” said Kolkata’s Additional Commissioner of Police, Kuldeip Singh.
Meanwhile, in Delhi as in West Bengal, the Congress has suddenly made a conscious effort to sound all pro-farmer.
“We are with the farmers,'' said Congress spokesperson Satyavrat Chaturvedi.
As political parties play their own game, there are more Singurs sprouting all over West Bengal.
There are several planned projects for which land will be required and for Chief Minister Buddhadeb’s government it will be uphill task.
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