I think there is no doubt to comment with full confidence that Mr. Buddhadev Bhattacharya, has been the one of the most popular CM after the first CM of Bengal, Mr. Biddhan Ray. The way he has steered Bengal to modernization, I think, no one appreciates better, than people like us, who had left Bengal for greener pastures of industrialization. Infact, Bengal have all the potential of a economic richness. The land reform act escalated the growth of agriculture, and till date, Bengal is ranked second in national agriculture. The state has always been an shopping ground of talent searching Indian and Global companies.
All was good and well in industrial front, till the communist mentality Left Front assumed power 25 years ago. Industry has not been able to strive well due, to lack of political motivation, and the blame goes to narrow minded communist people (who are personally capitalist when it comes to their personal wealth).
Buddhadev Bhattacharya, had been an odd man out of the communist thinking, which has not been socialist in anyway, though the older leader like Mr. Jyoti Basu may claim. I am not bothered on the comments on Mr. Prakash Karat, and his wife Mrs. Brinda Karat. They are basically novices on Bengal politics and communism. They only know what they have been taught. People like us have seen both the good and bad part of 'dada-giri' politics in Bengal. Wherever, I move, people ask me the same question, 'Is every Bengali a communist, and if no how can you vote communist to power for last 25 year'? But alas!, they don't know the depth of the intellectual rigging (not the raw one which the media normally reflect to us for UP/Bihar). Intellectual rigging is beyond comprehensions of the media. Left Front has developed in Bengal. It can be taught as a management science, if one takes interest to make it a subject. In the last decade, Buddhadev Bhattacharya, has always been a person who spoke above petty politics and promoted real growth issues for Bengal. He always spoke from his conscious, and even resigned once from the ministry, as Mr. Jyoti Basu tried to do something which is not for good.
He was the only simple living minister in whole India, whose daughter travelled in local buses for her college. I know this, as my sister and his daughter we best of friends. It was only after 9/11, due to security reasons this was stopped. His wife, used to pen her husband designation as Govt. Service, in the school and college forms. I can assure you guys out there that he is the one, whom we should be proud out. Bengal has not seen such unprecedented growth till time time he took over office. And who proposed his name, Mr.Jyoti Basu. It is said in Bengal, that Mr. Jyoyi Basu's contribution to Bengal was 'Chandan' (his industrialist son) and 'Nandan' (the intellectual multiplex of art and culture), till the time he proposed Buddhadev Bhattacharya name. He knew the harm he has done to Bengal and he knew the only person who can take Bengal back to her glory days is Buddhadev Bhattacharya.
Acquisition of land for industry and creation of SEZ, is a very sensitive issue, and the whole problem of it starts from the fact of giving unlimited powers to government to take over any land, from any individual, after giving compensation (which are peanuts). Guys, we should fight for the elimination of this right. Government is 'of the people, by the people and for the people', so how can government take away individuals right to wealth, be is a Rs.1000 crore or Rs.25,000.00. There should be proper tax regulation and various taxes to tax wealth for higher income group. The lower income group, has every right to build it's own asset however small it may be. Industrialization and SEZ, can take a back seat for some months now till, we the people of India can define our democracy better. As it is we are doing it late, hence, let us be more judicious in this. A few months delay won't make us a poorer nation. I think, we should attack the policy, file multiple PIL and make the court pass a verdict to the benefit of the nation, instead of slinging good politicians, and in that way, promote other roughs who are waiting to grab power as good people move out. What Buddhadev Bhattacharya did in Singur, was just taking help of the law. He has not done something illegal. Rather to the irony he has moved on the legal path, on a rule, that has been used by erstwhile British government in pre-independence era. Guys, protest the rule. The rule has to move away to a better place logical rule. As for Nadigram is concerned, police and bureaucrats too be blamed. It must be noted that bureaucrats still run the government on the ground. Hence, the onus lies on the IPS officers and the IAS. They act twisting the order sometimes. Can anyone, guarantee me that the order of firing was issued directly from the CMO office, or even the CMO was informed by the SDO and his superiors on the crowd violence.
LET US WAIT FOR THE CBI ENQUIRY
Let us join hands to change the land acquisition rules under the Indian Constitution.
