Advani to visit Nandigram on March 17

Kolkata, Mar 15 (UNI) Senior BJP leader L K Advani is arriving here on March 17 leading a five-member NDA delegation to see the ground reality at Nandigram following the killing of 14 people in police firing.

Announcing this, BJP state general secretary Rahul Sinha told UNI here today that the NDA team soon after its arrival in the morning, would immediately leave for Nandigram by a helicopter where it would meet a cross section of people, including the members of the victims' family, besides visiting the injured in the local hospital.

The team before returning here the same evening enroute to Delhi was likely to meet senior district police officials to get their views about the alleged unprovoked firing, Mr Sinha said.

In this connection, Mr Sinha also urged the senior Left Front partners like RSP, Forward Bloc and CPI in the state to reconsider their decision on whether to remain in the Front anymore in the wake of yesterday's massacre or join hands with the combined opposition in staging a well-cordinated anti-government protest to ensure an 'early exit' of the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government.

UNI