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Saturday, April 30, 2011

BUDDHADEB: CONFIDENT OF PEOPLE'S MANDATE

Kolkata, April 23

WITH two phases of the six phase election over and fate of candidates for 104 seats of 294 assembly seats sealed in voting machines, a confident and somewhat relaxed Buddhadeb Bhattacharya is already talking more and more of top priorities of the Eighth Left Front government and less and less of anti-Left opposition.

Addressing a big election meeting under Entally assembly constituency on Saturday night, Bhattacharya not only urged people to elect CPI (M) candidate Dr Debesh Das but also made a special plea in his favour emphasising that his next government will need experience of present Information Technology minister for its programme of employment generation for youth.

In this connection he also promised serious work for creation of 2 lakh IT sector jobs in Salt Lake and 2 lakh more at Rajarhat. In all, promising creation of employment for around 10 lakh people. Underlining that this is different from promise of as many jobs made by the opposition, he said that this will take very serious efforts and cannot happen without progress on industrial front. Budhadeb categorically said that industrialisation has to happen and Bengal, which has slipped on industrial front from top position with Bombay at the time of independence, will have to recover its position. In this connection he also underlined that in spite of opposition created impediments, in 2010 Bengal attracted investments worth Rs 15,000 crore.

But job creation can only be second top priority of the Eighth Left Front government, says Buddhadeb categorically. The first priority will be provision of rice at Rs 2 per kg to all needy persons, overlooking categories of APL/BPL. In a serious tone, he underlined that his government has worked out that with growth in production of rice in the state and with resources that the state government has decided to spare for this, it can be done. The Left Front government gives priority to this as it relates to the question of bare survival of poor. He also promised distribution of dal, sugar etc at reasonable prices through the expanded Public Distribution system, at a later date.

Listing few of other top priorities of his next government, Buddhadeb drew attention towards condition of lakhs and lakhs of workers earning their livelihood from economic activities in unorganised sector. In this connection he reminded the cheering audience of steps taken by Left Front government like provision of Provident Fund for some 20 lakh workers, special social security scheme for transport workers etc. He also reminded that Bengal under Left Front government is the first state in India to provide 10 per cent reservation for backward Muslims. Around 85 per cent of Muslim community has been brought under purview of this reservation.

Taking on slogan of 'palat do' (upturn) of opposition, Buddhadeb asked what they want to upturn. We have seen what their central government is doing on questions like price rise. We have also seen what they are attempting on question of opening Banking, Insurance and Pension Fund sectors for foreign multinationals. They want to upturn Bengal's resistance to these disastrous steps? Do they want to upturn workers rights? Do they want to upturn peace prevailing in Bengal? Buddhadeb declared with full confidence that the people of Bengal will never let that happen. He underlined that in the state wherever violence is there, Trinamool is also there, be it Darjeeling, Jangal Mahal or any other area. He asserted that people will never allow repeat of days of Mastans.

Buddhadeb also pointed out that TMC is throwing huge amounts of money in this election. While questioning sources of money being burnt in helicoptoring TMC supremo, he expressed confidence that throwing money cannot win people's hearts and minds. Mocking at feverish media manufacturing of Left's defeat, Buddhadeb said every time they declare our definite defeat and every time we win. With confidence of result this time Budhdeb said, 'people are many times intelligent than owners of these media houses’.

The same evening Buddhadeb also addressed two more big public meetings at Purb-Singhi, under Belgachia and Rajar Bazar under Beliaghata constituency.

Courtesy: www.pd.cpim.org/

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