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Centre to decide on CRPF in Nandigram: West Bengal

Press Trust of India

Wednesday, January 02, 2008, (Kolkata)

The West Bengal government on Wednesday ruled out immediate withdrawal of CRPF from Nandigram, where the paramilitary force was deployed after its recapture by armed CPI(M) cadres in early November, and said it was up to the Centre to decide how long it would remain there.

''The state government does not want immediate pulling out of the CRPF from Nandigram,'' Home Secretary P R Roy said.

The Centre would decide how long the central force would stay at Nandigram, he told reporters.
On Tuesday, veteran marxist leader Jyoti Basu had favoured continuance of the CRPF in Nandigram, despite allegations of 'excesses' levelled by CPI(M) against the central forces.

Asked if an additional CRPF battalion was required at the CPI(M)-stronghold of Khejuri, adjacent to Nandigram, Roy said ''it is not required as the area is adequately manned by the central force.''

The CRPF was deployed in Nandigram on November 12 and is scheduled to stay there for three months till February 12 as per an earlier announced plan.

Roy said the situation in Nandigram was 'peaceful' and normal work of panchayats had resumed.

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