CPI(M) to tackle Mamata's threat 'politically'

KOLKATA: The CPI(M) on Saturday declared that it would 'politically counter' Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's call for 'paralysing normal life' in West Bengal on October 31 to protest attacks on Nandigram allegedly by Marxists.
    
"We will tackle it politically by going to the people. We will oppose the bandh. They (Trinamool Congress) are rowdy elements. People normally panic if bombs are thrown during a bandh. They might try to forcibly close down business establishments," senior CPI(M) leader Benoy Konar said.
    
Denying Banerjee's allegations that CPI(M) cadres were attacking Nandigram, Konar said, on the contrary, thousands of his party supporters were forced to flee following attacks by the Trinamool-led Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee.
    
Earlier in the day, Mamata said her party would stall normal activities on October 31 to protest 'state-sponsored' violence in Nandigram and also on the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman.