LF govt in Bengal run by CPI(M)'s decision : CPI(ML)

Kolkata, Aug 4 (UNI) Condemning veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's comments on police firing in Nandigram on March 14 as ''justified,'' the CPI(ML)-Liberation today alleged that the West Bengal government was not run by the Left Front but by the CPI(M) alone.

Talking to newspersons here, CPI(ML)-Liberation state secretary Kartick pal said both Mr Basu and CPI(M) peasants wing president Binoy Konar have described the police firing in Nandigram as justified and the people's movement as undemocratic.

But the Left Front partners like Forward Bloc, RSP and the CPI were describing the police firing as unjustified and the movement as democratic, he said.

''We believe that the comment did not come from a leader of the the Left Front constituent but from a leader of the CPI(M) running the West Bengal government,'' Mr Pal added.

He said both movements in Nandigram of West Bengal and Khammam of Andhra Pradesh were democratic and police firing in both places were unjustified and demanded resignation of West Bengal and AP Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Rajsekhar Reddy respectively.

UNI