This morning, Ray and the DGP met the Governor and briefed him on the situation in Nandigram. In the evening, the Principal Secretary to the Governor issued a statement: “The Governor is observing the rapidly evolving developments closely. He has discussed the matter with the Chief Minister.”

The release said that the Governor had received reports of violence and “divisive activities by outsiders” and had brought it to the notice of the state and Central governments. “He (Governor) trusts that even at this late hour, representatives of the people and the government will confer together to find an end to the fears besetting the people of Nandigram. He shares the widespread desire of the people of the state that those compelled to leave their homes, farmsteads and means of livelihood in Nandigram will be able to go back to them and that everyone in Nandigram will be spared the agonies of an insecure present and an uncertain future,” the release stated.