Mine attack directed at Buddhadeb: CPM

Stating that it was surprising that opposition parties had not condemned the blast, it said, 8220;the attempt to kill the chief minister was part of a conspiracy to create anarchy in the state by the so-called reactionary 8216;mahajot8217; grand alliance.8221;

It claimed that the Maoists with the help of opposition parties were carrying out secret killings, blasts and other terror activities in an all-out attack against the Left Front government and the CPIM.

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Bannerjee demanded a probe by the Centre into the attack. She also challenged the state government and said that 8220;if the Left Front Government had 8216;guts8217; it should ban the CPIM.8221;