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TMC will not return to power for 100 years: Bengal CM vows at Nandigram Martyrs’ Day observance

Nandigram, Nov 10 (UNI) Declaring that the Trinamool Congress had been politically wiped out in West Bengal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday asserted that the party would not return to power in the state for the next 100 years, as he paid tribute to the victims of the Nandigram land movement on the 10 November Martyrs’ Day.
“Jora Phool and Ghass Phool, both have been uprooted. You will not see the Trinamool Congress again, not even in the next 100 years,” Adhikari said, referring to the party’s election symbol and delivering a fresh political warning to his former adversaries.
The Chief Minister was speaking at Gokulnagar, where he participated in the annual memorial programme organised by the Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (BUPC), the platform that spearheaded the anti-land acquisition movement in Nandigram.
He offered floral tributes at the martyrs’ memorial and observed silence in memory of those killed during the violent land agitation.
Emphasising that the commemoration should remain above party politics, Adhikari said the programme had been organised under the BUPC banner since 2008 and that neither political banners nor government machinery were used for the annual observance, even though he was now heading the state government.
“This is our duty and responsibility. We observe the anniversary of the bloody sunrise every year along with the families of the martyrs. We do not use political banners or flags here, nor do we involve the government in the programme. It is organised entirely under the banner of the BUPC,” he said.
The Chief Minister acknowledged the role of martyr families, local residents, panchayat representatives and BJP workers and leaders in organising the programme.
He also thanked those who had joined the observance.
Revisiting the violent events associated with the land movement, Adhikari alleged that 11 people had been abducted, tortured and killed, and their bodies disposed of in the deep sea after being cut into pieces and packed in polythene bags.
He claimed that the victims had initially been kept at a gram panchayat office in the Veturia area before being taken to a CPI-M office at Kamarhati.
He alleged that despite a CID investigation and the imprisonment of former CPI-M MP Lakshman Seth for 181 days, the judicial process had not reached its logical conclusion. The bodies of the 11 victims, he claimed, had never been recovered.
Adhikari also recalled the alleged attempt to dispose of several people who had sustained bullet injuries during the violence. Naming Haimabati Halder, Kalpana Mondal and Narmada Sheet, he alleged that the injured persons were being transported towards the Kansai bridge to be buried when local residents intercepted those involved.
Among those he accused of involvement were former CPI-M and CITU leaders from Garbeta, Belda and Chandrakona. These were allegations made by the Chief Minister during his address.
The Chief Minister, however, kept the programme brief, citing the ongoing festive season.
He said he would proceed to the ISKCON temple to attend the Govardhan Puja and Annakut celebrations, while extending greetings to people ahead of Bhai Dooj, Chhath and Jagaddhatri Puja.
Adhikari had last year promised to return to Nandigram for the 2026 observance. Recalling that assurance, he said he had kept his word.
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