Kolkata: The Communist Party of India-Maoist Friday night owned up responsibility for the November 2 landmine blast in West Midnapore district and said that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the target.
In a press release signed by its general secretary Kanchan, the guerrilla outfit said it had triggered the blast "with the active cooperation of the people".
The release said the People's Liberation Guerilla Army organised the explosion and threatened that "the future will see more of such acts".
"The government cannot prevent such attacks by providing Z plus category security to anybody," Kanchan claimed.
Union ministers Ram Vilas Paswan and Jitin Prasada and Bhattacharjee had a close shave as the blast hit their convoy when they were returning after the groundbreaking ceremony of the JSW Bengal steel project at Salboni.
Bhattacharjee was the only leader with Z plus security among the VVIPs in the programme.
The Maosits claimed they were opposed to the policies of the "fascist" state government, which was "causing great harm" to the farmers by the way it was going for big industries like the JSW project.
"Our fight will be on," Kanchan added.
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