A delegation of 13 opposition political parties led by Congress Seva Dal head Arjya Kumar Jnanendra visited JSW proposed project site at Dhinkia village on Friday.
They came to study the ground realities after the ill famous police excess occurred in village on January 14.
The visiting leaders were greeted by the villagers who have been opposing the JSW project in their locality. Hundreds of villagers, including women and children converged at Phulakhai temple and held interaction with the delegation members.
The irate villagers decried the State Government’s stand and the police barbarism. Besides they lambasted the forcible land acquisition in the locality. Jnanendra demanded immediate withdrawal of police forces from village so that normalcy could be restored in the area. The Left leaders demanded relocation of JSW project site. Communist leaders Janardan Pati, Ashis Kanungo, Lova Kanta Swain, members from RSP, AAP, Samajawadi Party, CPI [ML] and Forward Block were in the delegation.