145;CPM sponsored Nandigram violence, LF heading for split146;

8220;Leftists are facing embarrassing questions from people across the country for what happened in Nandigram. The violence there was sponsored by CPM and other partners had nothing to do with it,8221; Biswas, a Rajya Sabha member, said.

Biswas, who is now in Dhanbad to attend the two day block-level party workers meet at Nirsa, said over phone that CPM8217;s mishandling of the Nandigram issue, had led to Trinamool Congress and BJP to gain ground.

He also charged that there was major change in policy and attitude of CPM. 8220;CPM has been deviating from its anti-capitalists and anti-imperialism ideology.8221;

Biswas said his party state secretary Ashok Ghosh would lead a march of party supporters to Singur and Nandigram to protest the state government8217;s policies soon.

He said his party was sticking to its decision to go it alone in the panchayat polls next year.