Bush Threats Nuclear Holocaust and Political Leaders in India Exposed

Palash Biswas
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Islamophobia prevails once again with fresh War cry from the Omnipower President of USA agnaist Iran and threatening "nuclear holocaust"! It is quite understandable why the RSS Political face BJP does a turnaround. Though the Left has secured to crete a mechanism to clarify Hyde Act and 123 agreement and the GOI says that operationalisation of Indo US deal is on hold, the strategic regrouping with US lead including Japan and Israel continues without any halt. Indian communists have saved face and is now capable to manipulate the Muslim Vote bank with an anti US pose. But anti imperialism movement in India seems to be a distant possiblity as the Left run state goverments do support the World Bank slave Dr Manmohan Singh. Essentially the base of Indian struggle aginst Imperilism happens to be the peasantry, a dalit muslim tribal combine. Destroying the Rural India and implementing the Zionist Hindu Galaxy Post Modern Manusmriti order, it is quite impossible to wage a war against US Imperialism. The ruling class represented by Left as well as right political parties are selling out India and duping the mobile votebanks respectively.
Exposed is the firebrand lady from Bengal, Opportunism personafied, named Ms Mamata bannerjee who claims the leadership of Dalit Muslim Insurrection in singur and Nandigram and tries to lit the Nation with the fire, supports shamelessly this anti national deal. SEZ or no SEZ, PCPIR or no PCPIR, US interests are vested in India INC and MNCS. This Indo Nuke Deal is based on Islamophobia and Dalit Hatred which is economically expressed in deindustrialisation and eviction of Rural Dalit India. Mamta Bannerjee opposes SEZ, but supports INDO US strategic regrouping! She has no sympathy with Dalits, refugees, Muslims and tribals and has been always silent on atrocities on the outcastes as it is the character of West Bengal Brahmins for long. Buddhist Dalit Pal dynesty ruled Bengal for four hundred years and later in British period the Brahmins have been always out of power. They plotted to hold on the state power and divided Bengal. Established brahminical hegemony. Mamata Bannerjee is not planning to destroy this hegemony but she wants to replace Buddhadeb as a leader of Brahmins. Thus, she fails to take any stance on Dalit refugee issues. This crisis focuses her with the Congress seeking a viable opportunist electral allaince betraying NDA. That1s all.

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In order to resolve the ongoing impasse over the Indo US nuke deal, the government on Thursday buckling under the Left pressure decided not to operationalise the deal. Earlier a meeting took place between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, at the Prime Minister`s residence. On the other hand, President George W Bush on Wednesday raised the specter of a "nuclear holocaust" in the Middle East if Israel's arch-foe Iran gets atomic weapons, and vowed he would not let that happen.
"Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere, and the United States is rallying friends and allies to isolate Iran's regime, to impose economic sanctions," he told the American Legion veterans group.
"We will confront this danger before it is too late," vowed Bush, who has pressed for tougher international sanctions and said he hopes for a diplomatic solution but has repeatedly refused to rule out the use of force.
Shortly before Bush spoke, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scoffed at the notion of a US attack on his country dismissed a warning from his new French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, as a symptom of inexperience."There is no ... possibility of such an attack by the United States," Ahmadinejad told a news conference marked by his characteristic defiance.
"Even if they take such a decision, they cannot implement it," he said.
Sarkozy used a keynote foreign policy address on Monday that the threat of sanctions coupled with an offer of dialogue was the only way of avoiding a "catastrophic alternative: an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran.""He only recently came to power and wants to find a place for himself in the world," Ahmadinejad said of the French president."He is still inexperienced, meaning that maybe he does not really understand the meaning of his own words."
In a speech billed as a defense of the Iraq war, Bush branded Iran "the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism," citing its backing of Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Shiite fighters killing US troops in Iraq.
"And Iran's active pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons threatens to put a region already known for instability and violence under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust," he said.
The United States accuses Iran -- OPEC's number two oil producer and owner of the second largest proven gas reserves in the world -- of seeking to make nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian energy drive.

After the crucial meeting the UPA informed the Left parties that it will not go ahead with the Indo- US Nuclear deal until the concerns raised by the Left and Opposition parties are over. The Indo- US Nuclear deal will also be nulled by the government for the time being. The expert committee, which will study on Hyde Act, will have representatives from Congress, Left, RJD, NCP and DMK members.

Opposition BJP and Third Front members in the Rajya Sabha today sought to raise the Indo-US nuclear deal and wanted to know when the discussion would take place. Soon after the Question Hour, former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha (BJP) asked when the House would discuss the issue and whether it would be discussed at all.

Sinha, who was joined by other BJP members, pointed towards the Left party members wondering why they were silent. Supporting him, Sahid Siddiqui (SP) wanted to know why there was no discussion and rushed to the podium to register his protest.

Noting that the Indo-US nuclear deal was in the interest of the country, former scientists of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) have said the agreement should not be hijacked by political parties.

"With the country's ever increasing energy needs and with a view to end the 33-year-long nuclear isolation, the importance of the deal has to be understood by the people of India and should not be hijacked by the Opposition and the political parties supporting the UPA Government," the scientists said in a statement.

They condemned the Oppositon and the Left parties for questioning the integrity of the PM over the civil nuclear agreement.

"Indo-US Cooperation on the Civilian Nuclear Programme and the Agreement is now being called a `deal' and our Prime Minister is being targeted as if he has made some underhand `deal' with the US," the statement said.

"Some political parties, including ones supporting the Government, are doubting the integrity of the Prime Minister and this is a matter of national shame," said the statement signed by A K Anand, former Director, Reactor Projects Group and Director Technical Coordination and International Relations Group and others.

"The Opposition is talking of the Hyde Act and saying that if India carries out a nuclear test in future, all nuclear cooperation will end. But we do not even know if at all and when, in the distant future, a test will be required by the nation," it said.

The statement, which has been widely circulated among the nuclear scientists and industries, pointed out that the whole agreement is about the civilian nuclear cooperation and in no way it will hamper the atomic weapons programme.

"Our weapons programme will continue as it always has been, with our own reactors, reprocessing plants, enrichment plants and heavy water plants. We are not going to be giving the design and technology to any one; why, then are we pointing out that the US will not give these technologies as part of the civilian agreement," the statement said.

Dwelling on the past tests and India's strengths, they said, "We had been isolated because of sanctions since 1974. The DAE scientists, engineers and technologists took up the challenge and after more than thirty years' efforts have brought the nation to this stage of strength and pride which has made the Western countries shake hands with us."

The politicians should not think about scuttling the whole process of integration, they added.

Expressing their anguish, they said, "due to sanctions, we lived in isolation. However, we put in efforts and spent resources to develop equipment, material and systems which are available at a relatively nominal cost. We are all happy and proud that we were given the chance by the country to prove ourselves; if required we can do it again."

A pause in nuke talks will not eject deal
Pallava Bagla
Science Editor
Thursday, August,30 2007 (New Delhi)
As insisted by the Left parties, can the Indo-US nuclear deal be halted in its tracks without technically jeopardizing it? The simple answer is yes!

In the next steps there are no time sensitive hurdles to be crossed; there are really no rushed deadlines to be met. Succumbing to artificial timelines where political consensus is an illusion will only sink the nuclear deal, to depths from which it may never surface.

A pit stop to refuel the political will may help energize the nuclear negotiations as the next steps are more demanding, even though not time sensitive.

Hence halting the deal in its tracks at the current moment should not scuttle the entire effort. The time could be used to build majority support around an effort that promises a tectonic shift in global relations and radically redefines India's position in the world order, whether this is for the good or worse only time will tell.

If in this time-out the political will to keep the deal alive dwindles that would be another matter all together. Since even a signed and ratified international treaty can really become worthless a piece of paper if leaders want to renege on it.

While it is true that leaders in both countries might want to take advantage of the huge momentum and acceleration built around the deal and seek to consummate the nuclear deal at the earliest, but if lawmakers of both countries seek a longer time to review it should not kill the deal all together.

Going slow and by taking a breather to build majority support around the deal should not endanger the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Co-operation initiative as none of the next steps are time sensitive. If one steps back and views the deal on a wider canvas, the passage of time has only made it more agreeable in both countries, with the political resolve only getting stronger.

Take a look at the ironical facts, the deal was initiated as early as 1999 when the NDA led by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee was in power in New Delhi and the Democrats led by President Bill Clinton were ruling the White House.
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The ongoing tussle between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the Left parties over the Indo-US nuclear deal seems to be coming to an end.Indo-US nuclear deal, government is believed to have assured the Left parties it will not operationalise the agreement till a political mechanism completes its work. Leading drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market dementia drug galantamine hydrobromide. This drug is needed to be experimented with Indian Intelligentsia most as it is suffering from acute Dementia and lost the sense of history and vision as well!Relief is there amongst the upserging middleclass investors as the markets ended firm on Thursday with the benchmark index closing at 15121 levels, up 0.9 per cent or 128 points. The Sensex touched a high of 15200 levels in intra-day deals.Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Beijing next Wednesday on a four-day visit to attend the 'summer Davos' summit at Dalian in China organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Following is the text of the statement read out by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee after a meeting of the leaders of the Congress and Left Parties at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence:

In view of certain objections raised by the Left Parties on the Indo-US bilateral agreement on nuclear cooperation, it has been decided to constitute a committee to go into these issues.

1. The composition of the committee will be announced shortly. 2. The committee will look into certain aspects of the bilateral agreement; the implications of the Hyde Act on the 123 Agreement and self-reliance in the nuclear sector; the implications of the nuclear agreement on foreign policy and security cooperation. 3. The committee will examine these issues. The operationalisation of the deal will take into account the committee's findings.
Pakistan today rejected as "baseless" assertions by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that its missions in several countries have been indulging in anti-India propaganda and facilitating terrorists.

"These are baseless assertions and allegations," Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement reacting to Mukherjee's remarks.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha yesterday, the External Affairs Minister said the "Government is aware of Pakistan High Commissions spreading anti-India propaganda. Instances of these missions facilitating terrorists have also come to notice."

The Pakistan Foreign Office in its statement said that Pakistani missions abroad conduct themselves "strictly in accordance with the established diplomatic norms. They respect the laws and norms that require diplomatic missions not to carry out propaganda against a third country."

"As regards the allegations of facilitating terrorists, Pakistan is itself a victim of terrorism," the statement said. "We are fighting terrorism and are cooperating with the international community in the efforts to eradicate this menace."

"We have, on the other hand, evidence that the Indian missions are engaged in maligning Pakistan and some Indian missions in our neighbourhood have contacts with elements hostile to Pakistan's interests," it alleged.

This is shining India!

Hundreds of agitated parents damaged public vehicles and hurled stones at a state-run school here Thursday after a sting by a private news channel showed one of its teachers allegedly forcing girl students into prostitution and to act in pornographic films. Nine people, including a municipal councillor, were injured in the violence.Uma Khurana, a teacher in the Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya at Aruna Asaf Ali Marg in New Delhi, has been arrested by Delhi Police after she was allegedly found to be running a sex racket.A sting operation by a Hindi news channel had shown Khurana running the sex racket. The channel allegedly exposed how the teacher forced students into prostitution and pornography. Following the report, an angry mob gathered on Asaf Ali Marg, outside the school.

The school suspended the teacher after parents and locals gathered outside the school and also torched a police vehicle. Nine persons including two policemen and the local councillor were injured in the clash outside the school as the parents demanded action against the teacher.

Police had to resort to tear gas shelling to control the mob and Rapid Action Force was also deployed to bring the situation under control.

The Deputy Speaker of Delhi Assembly said that it was natural that the parents would react violently to the report. He has appealed for calm.

This is Sensex India!

The government Thursday approved 27 special economic zones (SEZ), including those by IT majors Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Cognizant Technologies.The go-ahead was given at a meeting of the commerce ministry's Board of Approvals (BOA) on SEZs, presided over by Commerce Secretary G.K. Pillai, which gave formal approval to 20 proposals and in-principle approval to seven among the 31 applications taken up.TCS and Cognizant both will set up their SEZs in Andhra Pradesh, in 30.35 hectares and 16.19 hectares respectively.Besides these two, a multi-services SEZ by Gujarat Finance City Development Company Ltd, an agro and food processing SEZ by Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation Ltd and two IT SEZs by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd received formal approvals.

Some of the prominent applications given in-principle approval are that of Gujarat Hydrocarbon and Energy SEZ Ltd for a 220-hectare SEZ in Gujarat and two of Gitanjali Gems Ltd in Maharashtra.

The government has so far granted approvals for setting up 366 SEZs, of which 142 have been notified, attracting Rs.467.05 billion in investments and providing jobs to over 55,000 people, Pillai said.The BoA had earlier approved two SEZs by Infosys Technologies of 119.87 hectares and 60.93 hectares in Andhra Pradesh's Rangareddy district.
And this is the Dream of a to be Super power

Growth momentum to continue this fiscal: RBI

Mumbai: The country's economic growth momentum is expected to continue at a strong pace this fiscal but inflation could emerge as the main downside risk, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said today.

Steady increase in gross domestic saving and investment rates, consumption demand, addition of new capacity as well as more intensive and efficient utilisation and capitalisation of existing capacity are expected to support growth in 2007-08, the apex bank said in its annual report for 2006-07.

The central bank had earlier in its monetary policy pegged the GDP growth at 8.5 per cent this fiscal. India is the world's second-fastest growing major economy after China and recorded an average of 8.6 per cent growth in the last four financial years ending 2006-07. The country posted a record 9.4 per cent growth in 2007-08.

The annual report, released today, said a higher growth in demand is placing greater pressure for accelerated expansion of supply of infrastructure, despite some efforts to remove supply constraints in the sector. Capacity utilisation was especially stretched in sectors such as electricity generation, roads, ports and major airports, the RBI said.

The report said supply constraints from shortfalls in agricultural performance and physical and social infrastructure could constrain future growth while also exerting inflationary pressures.

Though RBI pointed to inflation as likely to emerge as the key downside risk to the evolving macroeconomic outlook, it said "the recent gains in bringing down inflation and in stabilising inflation expectations should support the current expansionary phase of the growth cycle".

The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a pubic suit urging that the government be asked to approach the president for referring the India-US civilian nuclear deal to the Supreme Court for its opinion.

'As of today there is no legislation with regard to the deal, so it is purely a policy decision of the government of India and the court could not interfere in the matter,' a division bench headed by Chief Justice M.K. Sharma said, while dismissing the suit.

'We are of the considered opinion that a mandamus cannot be issued directing the union government to approach the president to refer the issue to the Supreme Court for its legal advice,' the court observed.

Referring to a previous Supreme Court ruling, the Bench said: 'It is a matter essentially for the president to decide whether to refer the issue or not to Supreme Court for its opinion.'

Left, Reliance keep mum on retail row in West Bengal


KOLKATA: Reliance Retail officials as well as the Forward Bloc (FB), one of the ruling Left Front partners in West Bengal that is opposed to Reliance Fresh outlets, chose to keep mum on Wednesday, a day after the state government assured security to the firm's retail stores.

"I don't want to add anything to the controversy now. We are holding a meeting with state government officials," Reliance Retail Ltd (RRL) regional head Kalyan Sarangi told agencies after apprehensions that the firm might walk out of the state or put its plans on hold.

FB leader and West Bengal State Marketing Board (WBSMB) chairman Naren Chattopadhyay, earlier vocal critic of the company, also refused to comment about his party's latest stand on the Reliance retailing controversy.

Asked about his party's stand and what the WBSMB is going to decide on Reliance retail chain, Chattopadhyay said, "I am not ready to share any information about this with the media."

The RRL proposal to enter the retail scenario in West Bengal created a rift between the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) spearheaded by reformist Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and the party's ally FB.

West Bengal Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb Tuesday said the state government would look into the police complaints filed by Reliance officials after two of their retail stores were vandalised by some FB party supporters at Girish Park in Kolkata and Seoraphuli in Hooghly district.

Deb said the West Bengal government would do whatever is required under the law to stop vandalism on Reliance properties.

Reacting to the assurance of adequate action against FB activists, FB state secretary Ashok Ghosh Tuesday said, "So what if the government books our activists? We will fight it out in the court. Our party sticks to its opposition to the entry of big business in the retail trade."

He hinted that the government action would not deter his party from preventing Reliance's entry into the state.

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has received clearance from West Bengal's Food Processing and Horticulture Department for its agro-retail business in the state.

The company plans to set up six national distribution-cum-processing centres (NDCs) in Kolkata, Siliguri, Malda, Haldia, Kharagpur and Asansol.

FB as well as WBSMB, which acts as an autonomous body under the ministry of state agricultural marketing and is headed by an FB leader, had objected to the RRL entry apprehending the possible monopoly of a private company in the state agricultural produce market.

The launch of Reliance Fresh stores, part of RIL's Rs.20 billion agro-retail project in West Bengal, was announced by Ambani during his visit to Kolkata in June last year.

According to a proposal given by RRL, Reliance Town Centres (RTCs) to be set up in West Bengal districts would be a mix of hyper/super-markets, convenience stores, entertainment parks, multiplexes and other public utilities.

These centres would procure fruits and vegetables and distribute them to Reliance Fresh outlets. Most of these outlets, covering 2,000 to 5,000 sq ft of area, would be set up on rented premises in and around Kolkata.
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Full coverage: Indo-US nuclear deal
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India is unhappy with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) drafts on agriculture and industrial tariffs, and the next WTO ministerial meeting scheduled in October may take place only if its members reach a consensus on these issues, an official said here Thursday.Last month, WTO mediators circulated the draft texts on liberalising trade in agriculture and industrial goods, including the possible ranges of tariff and subsidy cuts, to help member countries reach a consensus in the negotiations.

'We are completely unhappy with the agricultural and NAMA (non-agricultural market access) drafts. It is not at all acceptable,' Commerce Secretary G.K. Pillai told reporters.

'We can expect some progress if Pascal Lamy (chief of WTO) comes out with changes to the text of the drafts,' Pillai added.

The 151 members of the WTO will meet in Geneva on Sep 3 to discuss the drafts in a bid to revive the stalled Doha talks.

'If there is some progress then we can expect a ministerial in October,' Pillai said.

The global trade talks, which started in Doha, Qatar in 2001, had resulted in a stalemate in July last year after the members failed to reach a consensus, largely on domestic support and market access in agriculture.

No decision on private participation in nuclear power

Review of law under consideration, says Minister

The government on Wednesday said the private sector could not participate in nuclear power generation under the existing legislation, but a review was required in view of the changing situation. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, said the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 allowed nuclear power generation only by a Central government company. However, for manufacture of equipment and components, no policy change was required, and private sector companies were already involved in it. It was only in nuclear power generation that no decision was taken on private sector participation, the Minister said.

According to the existing law, private players can hold up to 49 per cent equity in any nuclear power generation company but the majority shares have to remain with the Centre.

No final decision was taken on whether the private sector should be allowed to generate nuclear power as the Nuclear Power Corporation was cash rich. Mr. Chavan said a review of the Act had been under consideration for the past 10 years and an expert committee, set up in 1997 under the chairmanship of scientist Raja Ramanna, gave its report in 1998.

This report was reviewed by an expert committee of the Department of Atomic Energy, which made some recommendations. Asked about its recommendations, the Minister of State said these related to national security and strengthening of the regulatory mechanism in the atomic energy sector.

Govt offers Reliance shield
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Calcutta, Aug. 28: The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government today assured Reliance Retail that it would provide protection to the company’s properties.

"We shall give protection to Reliance’s properties to prevent them from being vandalised," chief secretary Amit Kiran Deb said at Writers’ Buildings.

The chief secretary’s assurance came in response to the company’s decision to put on hold its retail foray in the state in the wake of vandalism by some parties, including Left Front partner Forward Bloc.

Deb said the government would "pursue" the first information reports lodged against those involved in the attacks on two upcoming Reliance outlets. "The government will do whatever is required under the law to stop vandalism on Reliance properties," he added.

Kalyan Sarangi, Reliance Retail’s regional head, had approached officials in the chief minister’s secretariat yesterday and informed them that the retail Bengal rollout was being deferred.

The company was planning to open six Reliance Fresh outlets in and around the city by mid-August and increase the number to 50 in the near future.
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ISRO institute land deal shady: Kerala minister

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 30 (IANS) It is now uncertain whether a space institute of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will actually come up on a plot in the Ponmudi hill station of Kerala, with a minister Thursday calling the land deal shady.

'It is now clear that the individual who sold the land to ISRO was shady, but the Kerala government is clear that it will go ahead with the proposed institute, clearing all the issues that have cropped up,' Forest Minister Binoy Viswam told reporters.He said this in the presence of ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair here.

The two had closed-door discussions after news reports said that a portion of the land at Ponmudi in Thiruvananthapuram district that was sold to ISRO this year belonged to the forest department and was categorised as ecologically fragile.

Viswam had written a strongly worded letter to the ISRO authorities last week seeking all records of the 82 acres of land, which it had purchased from one Savy Mano Mathew.

Mathew had purchased 707 acres of land in Ponmudi from the Birla Group in 2005 at a throwaway price. He entered into a deal with ISRO early this year for the transfer of around 120 acres of land, and in the first phase 82 acres of land was given.

Ponmudi is located around 80 km from here.

'ISRO had made inquiries. We do not think that we were cheated in the deal, but with regard to the real ownership of the land, we are still vetting the documents,' Nair told reporters.

Nair also said the proposed institute, which would be of world-class standards, should not be lost on account of a controversy.

'From Sep 14, classes will begin from the campus of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (ISRO's main centre in Thiruvananthapuram). In two years time we will move out to our own campus,' he said.

After the controversy, both Viswam and Nair are not sure if the campus will come up on the proposed land.

'We are also on the lookout for other suitable land. At the moment we cannot commit if it will come up in Ponmudi,' said Viswam.

CPI-M's chemical hub is actually killing hub: Mamata

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Reiterating her opposition to the setting up of a chemical hub in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday said the communist rulers were not planning a chemical hub but a "killing hub".
Addressing a public rally at Sonachura in trouble-torn Nandigram in East Midnapore district, where fresh violence two days back claimed another life, Banerjee said: "We will not allow any chemical hub or land grab in the name of that. They are for killing hub, not chemical hub."
"The CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) still eyes Nandigram," she said as she vowed to fight the Left Front government's move to set up a chemical hub in neighbouring Haldia.
"The blood stains of Nandigram are yet to dry and he (Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya) is talking about a chemical hub," she said.
The firebrand leader also announced to take her battle to Khejuri, the neighbouring area of Nandigram that is a stronghold of the CPI-M and out of bounds of the anti-land acquisition Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee.
Banerjee said she would hold rallies in Khejuri, which is used as a base by the CPI-M to launch attack on the villagers of Nandigram.
Earlier, Banerjee had ruled out the possibility of Trinamool Congress taking part in an all-party meeting on Sep 3 over the proposed chemical hub in Haldia.
Bhattacharya has called the all-party meeting to find a consensus over the hub in an alternative location after the flare-up in Nandigram, where it was originally planned.
In fact, faced with severe opposition over land acquisition, the state government has decided to scale down the area of the chemical hub to 4,000 acres from the planned 10,000 acres.
The proposed chemical hub as part of a special economic zone (SEZ) in collaboration with the Salim group of Indonesia had triggered a bloodbath in Nandigram, about 150 km from Kolkata, since January, claiming at least 25 lives so far, including 14 deaths on March 14 in police firing on the villagers resisting entry of cops in the area.

Wal-Mart assaults India
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27 August 2007. A World to Win News Service. The US-headquartered
retailing giant Wal-Mart signed an unprecedented agreement with an
Indian partner to begin operations in that country 6 August. The move
heralds big changes in agricultural and industrial production as well
as distribution. It will accelerate the economic and social changes
sweeping India as imperialist monopoly capital and domestic monopoly
capital enter into new alliances and configurations. The UK
supermarket chain Tesco, France's Carrefour and Auchan, and Germany's
Metro are all eyeing India. The Wall-Mart Bharti chain, the first of
its kind in India, is expected to open next year