Anti-nuclear activists seeks support of Mamata

After launching a series of

agitational programmes against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power

Project, anti-nuclear activists have now sought the support of

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying she took

"bold and courageous stand" against the Haripur nuclear

project in her state. "After all, you are the only leader who has taken a bold

and courageous stand against the Haripur nuclear project in

Purba Medhinipur district in West Bengal," People's Movement

Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), sprearheading the stir said in

a letter to Banerjee. The letter signed by S P Udayakumar, who is leading the

stir, and three others said that to save the people, the

country needed the intervention of "thoughtful, caring and

creative leaders such as yourself" and requested Banerjee to

visit the Idinthakarai, the focal point of their stir. Noting that Banerjee fought for the people at Nandigram

and Singur and "people all over India are thankful for your

stand against FDI in retail sector,", PMANE welcomed her

recent statement "I will go everywhere in India to protect the

Indian business, the farmers, the labourers and the people of

India."