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Nandigram echo in AP Assembly

Nandigram echo in AP Assembly

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Publication: Chennai Online
Date: November 19, 2007
URL: http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B9E4A85EE-4E99-4719-8EFE-DDB06422BBD9%7D&CATEGORYNAME=NATL

The political furore over Nandigram violence found its echo in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly today with CPM and Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) members resorting to a war of words, questioning each other's commitment to the cause of minorities.

MIM floor leader A Owaisi caused a flutter when he sought to draw a parallel between anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat and the violence in Nandigram.

"The West Bengal Chief Minister (Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee) is speaking the language of (Narendra) Modi. He has justified attacks by CPM cadres. Muslims are being targeted there," Owaisi said, while participating in a discussion on minorities welfare.

His remark evoked strong protests from the CPM whose floor leader N Narasimhaiah dubbed MIM as a "party confined to the old city of Hyderabad" which had no right to comment on developments in West Bengal.

Heated exchanges followed as the two leaders threw challenges at each other.

Accusing the CPM of adopting double standards on the issue of land acquisitions for industrial projects, Owaisi, whose party has five MLAs in the 294-member Assembly, said the Left party was going all out in West Bengal in taking away the lands from farmers in the name of developing special economic zones (SEZs) while opposing land acquisitions in states like Andhra Pradesh. (Agencies)


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