They also alleged that they were deprived of compensation given by the administration.

The CPM, however, charged Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee, which spearheaded the anti land-acquisition movement in Nandigram, of 'politicising' the issue and said the people had to first return home to get the compensation.

"People are afraid that once they go back to their villages and lose touch with each other, CPI(M) cadres will launch fresh attacks on them," Bhabani Prasad Das, who claimed to be a district leader of Left opposition Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI), said in Nandigram.

Das, who is one of the leaders at the camp set up at Brajamohan Tiwari Siksha Niketan, said there were around 800 refugees at the camp now, of which 250 were women and 200 children.

These refugees are mainly from Satengabari, Sonachura, Ranichowk, Kamalpur, Kalicharanpur, Soudkhali and Garchakraberia villages, he said.

All these areas were the strongholds of BUPC and had remained inaccessible to the district administration since January.

Bidhan Dalapati of Sonachura said he had returned to his house on November 15 after remaining homeless since the November 10 attack by CPM supporters.

Dalapati claimed that he was beaten up by CPM cadres after his return and had also been allegedly confined to his house.

"The West Bengal government is not involved in this. The Central government has to take the call," Yechury said when asked whether the Left Front was willing to host Nasreen again and provide her security.

He, however, declined to comment on Rajasthan government's statement that Kolkata police refused to allow her back. "The West Bengal government will answer this question," he said.

Yechury also parried a question on what was his party's view on granting asylum to the writer. "There are established rules and laws. The central government decides on this on the basis of information it has," he added.

He also attacked the BJP, saying the saffron party was adopting ‘double standards’ when it comes to the return of controversial painter M F Hussain and on the issue Taslima Nasreen.

"Hussain is not allowed to return to the country because of cases filed against him by RSS, VHP and other affiliates.

He is said to have hurt the sentiments of certain community. Why this double standards," Yechury asked.

Referring to senior BJP leader L K Advani's statement on Sunday that his party was locked in an ideological battle with Communists, he said the BJP had launched an ‘ideological war’ against Hussain.

On the bomb blasts in Uttar Pradesh, he trained his guns at the BJP for trying to ‘politicise terror attacks for petty and partisan reasons’.

Neither Mahatma Gandhi nor Indira Gandhi or Rajiv Gandhi fell to assassins who had anything to do with Muslim groups, he said, adding to view terror attacks as being perpetrated by a particular community only would be akin to George Bush's theory of clash of civilisations.

The need of the hour, he said, was to beef up intelligence gathering and the security apparatus. "After two days, I could flee in the early morning with my 12-year old son and reached the safety of the camp," Dalapati said.

"We were asked to join a rally to be organised by the CPM on November 28," he said.

He alleged that the BUPC supporters were threatened to join the rally or would face the consequences.

Sandhya Das of Gokulnagar said she had returned to her village after the violence of November 10, but ‘after getting threats, I decided to return to the camp’.

Describing the allegations as baseless, the CPM accused the BUPC of politicising the issue.

"The refugee camp is a showcase to launch political campaigns against us and to get grants from NGOs," Niranjan Sihi, Zilla sabadhipati of East Midnapore district said.

Sihi, also a prominent CPM leader in the district, said 214 people in Nandigram block one and 72 in block two whose houses were destroyed, would receive Rs 10,000 each as announced by the state administration.

Another 350 persons in Nandigram block one and 18 in block two whose houses were damaged, would get Rs 5,000 each to repair them, he said, adding that they would also get Rs 1,000 each for buying utensils.

Sources in the Block Development Office in Nandigram said unless the people returned to their homes from the camp, they would not get the compensation.