Buddhadeb thought of resigning after Nandigram

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New Delhi, May 5 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has revealed that he had considered resigning from his post following the Nandigram police firing, which killed 14 people.

However, whether he offered to put in his papers would remain a ''party secret'', he said in an exclusive interview to NDTV 24X7 to be aired tomorrow.

''Sometimes as a human being I do feel like that (like resigning).

But it is not a question of an individual, It is a question of a mission, a question of a party's political programme. People have started believing that something is happening in this state. In this situation I just cannot do this,'' the Chief Minister said.

Mr Bhattacharya said he was ''still haunted'' by the Nandigram incident. The administration had misjudged the ground situation, he added.

Asked whether the decision to send police troops to Nandigram was a mistake, the Chief Minister said, ''No, even today the High Court is asking why the Government is not intervening. In any democracy it is normal to ask the police.'' On being asked why he expressed regret for the killings instead of tendering a direct apology, Mr Bhattacharya said, ''I told them the responsibillity is mine and what happened in Nandigram should not have happened.

''But you have to go through the report of the police. You have to go through the report of the Divisional Commissioner. Before that what actually happened on that particular day, I just cannot comment on that,'' Mr Bhattacharya added.

Looking ahead at the TATA project at Singur, the Chief Minister said it was irreversible. ''If I roll back on that, I will not be able to raise my head again.'' he said.

UNI

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