NDA to discuss Nandigram issue: Rajnath

The NDA would discuss the issue of land acquisition at Nandigram which sparked off violence claiming several lives.

The NDA would discuss the issue of land acquisition at Nandigram which sparked off violence claiming several lives, BJP president Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.

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He said that a five-member team of BJP MPs led by Sushma Swaraj would visit Nandigram on Wednesday to have first hand account of the situation there.

After returning to Delhi, the team would submit a report after which the issue would be deliberated by NDA, he said.

Singh, who arrived here this morning, discussed the issue with the state BJP leadership including its president Sukumar Banerjee at the airport before leaving for Assam.

BJP state committee would discuss the Nandigram issue at its two-day meeting from January 12 to chalk out future course of action, state BJP general secretary Rahul Sinha said.