Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee ('Committee against Land Evictions') was an organisation in

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, formed to oppose the set-up of a

Special Economic Zone A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country. SEZs are located within a country's national borders, and their aims include increasing trade balance, employment, increas ...

(SEZ) in the rural area of Nandigram.

History

It formed an important role in resisting land-acquisitions in the following Nandigram violence. 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

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), supported by groups of

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, Krisi Jami Raksha Committee ('Committee to Save Farmland', founded by

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) 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 Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)). Sisir Adhikary, a Trinamool Congress MLA, was the convenor of BUPC. The Joint Secretary of the organization was Nanda Patra, a Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) leader.The Statesman
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