Nandigram, May 11 -- Nandigram continues to remain where it was 12 years ago when a police firing in March 2007 claimed the lives of 14 who were protesting against illegal land acquisition by the then Left Front Government.
"There is hardly any development except the newly built roads and street lights. Otherwise the political situation continues to remain the same," said Isfaq Alam a local farmer who was involved in the movement being a member of anti-land grab committee.
"In those days our rights were trampled upon. Today they are in our place," says he. Asked who were referred to as "they" he says "'they mean the CPI(M) cadres who carried out maximum oppression on us."
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