Kolkata: Sidelined Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy was prevented from entering Nandigram by his own partymen even as West Bengal's ruling party observed the Nandigram Divas (Day) paying homage to the 14 farmers who were killed in police firing at the height of the anti-acquisition movement in this rural area of East Midnapore district.

Stripped off of all party positions, Roy sought to lead a separate march instead of participating in the Trinamool organised martyrs' rally. But his convoy was prevented from entering Nandigram by Trinamool activists, who waved black flags and flashed placards with "Mukul go back" on them.