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
Indian National Congress), supported by groups of
Naxalites,
Bharatiya Janata Party, Krisi Jami Raksha Committee ('Committee to Save Farmland', founded by
Trinamool Congress) 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. == References ==