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Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee ('Committee against Land Evictions') was an organisation in West Bengal, India, formed to oppose the set-up of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the rural area of Nandigram.[1]

History

It formed an important role in resisting land-acquisitions in the following Nandigram violence.[2] BUPC was set up on January 5, 2007, through the merger of three existing anti-SEZ initiatives; Krishak Uchchhed Birodhi O Jonoswartho Roksha Committee (Committee Against Eviction of Peasants and to Save People's Interest', was formed in August 2006 by Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) and Indian National Congress), supported by groups of Naxalites,[3] Bharatiya Janata Party, Krisi Jami Raksha Committee ('Committee to Save Farmland', founded by Trinamool Congress) and Gana Unnoyon O Jana Odhikar Sangram Samity ('Association for the Struggle of Mass 'Development and People's Right', founded by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and PCC, CPI(ML)).[4][5] Sisir Adhikary, a Trinamool Congress MLA, was the convenor of BUPC.[6] The Joint Secretary of the organization was Nanda Patra, a Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) leader.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Our Important Intervention On Nandigram | National Human Rights Commission India". nhrc.nic.in. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ FRONTLINE, TEAM (15 August 2022). "2007: Nandigram protest". Frontline. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ "As Centre guns for Maoists, Trinamool in a fix over Naxal ties". The Times of India. 9 October 2009. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ^ Microsoft Word - full report_wtfig
  5. ^ Nandigram: Scare still looms large
  6. ^ "Peace returns to Nandigram, Khejuri after war-like situation". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
  7. ^ The Statesman[permanent dead link]


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