NDA walks out of LS, demands centre aid in WB

New Delhi, Apr 30: The opposition NDA today staged a walkout inthe Lok Sabha, demanding central intervention in West Bengal to checkthe continuing violence in Nandigram over the land acquisitioncontroversy relating to the setting up of a Special Economic Zone there.

Raising the issue during zero hour, Prof Vijay Kumar Malhotra(BJP) said three people were killed in Nandigram yesterday in violentincidents and a very serious situation was obtaining from''state-sponsored terrorism'' in West Bengal.

Women were being raped and people killed and the toll in thecontinuing violence in Nandigram had gone up to 26, he said and addedthat such developments were frightening.

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was responsible for all this and the Centre should have intervened in the state, he said.

Seeking Home Minister Shivraj Patil's response, Prof Malhotraasked, ''Will the Centre remain a mute spectator?'' As no response wasforthcoming from the government, the BJP leader led the NDA members outof the House to protest against the attitude of the Centre.

The agitated members, however, returned to the House minutes later.

UNI

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