Friday, November 23, 2007

The Nandi Gram Issue : Albatross around the WB Govt's Neck

The issue of NandiGram in WB has snowballed into a huge blot on the West Bengal Govt's name.

The CPI's big honchos Mr. Prakash Karat his spouse Mrs Brinda Karat and Mr. Sitaram Yechury who were harping about scuttling the N-deal which they effectively have are now facing some very embarrassing situations. These people it seems owe alligienace to China and hence want to stop India becoming a Global Power. With "Friends, rather politicians like these who needs enemies".

All through this N-deal controversy the WB CPI infact was advocating the policy of reason. Politicos like Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya CM WB, Mr Biman Bose were quite supportive of it.

But then came Nandigram: a small hamlet in rural WB which made headlines all over the world.
The state government showed dilemna in handling the problem of violence in between rival political cadres of the ruling party as well as opposition and it escalated into a major political fist fight between the CPI(M) and TMC. The government should have tried to resolve the matter but chose to wait and the local populance suffered because of this. Even the intelligensia normally a communist bastion stood up against the high handedness of the government and even they were beaten up by the police.

This fuelled even more fire to it. Mr Buddhadeb was fresh wind of change who promised development for West Bengal as his priority and delivered on that account too. But these developments have made the people as well as investors wary. The WB govt should pick up its pieices immediately and reslove the Nandigram problem rather than passing blame on others.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

India is celluloid crazy. Sadly enough, ideal politicians exist only in movies, and so do the intiative takers. People are too bothered with their own life, to get on to something more, something which might be related to their 'home'..their 'country'.

I didnt know you write so well. Kudos. well written