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Buddha is trapped in Nandigram issue.
by mailme alladin on Nov 16, 2007 04:30 PM

If you feels West Bengal doesn%u2019t need industrialisation, you can skip this. Otherwise read on.
It is certainly painful to see so many innocent people (there may be some goons as well) lost their lives for a minor cause. It's quite natural the press, the Bengali intellectuals, the common people, the opposition and the section of left including CPM got angry and shed tears for these people. First let me clarify why I said it is a minor issue. This is not the first time a Govt. in India acquiring land in India. This can be a major issue if someone feels west Bengal doesn%u2019t require industrialisation as previous left govts used to think.

Here are the few conclusions after Nandigram episode.

1.      Buddhadeb is not a good administrator unlike his predecessor Jyoti Basu.
2.      Buddhadeb is over-confident after last assembly election. Few sign of that, he was involved in CAB election unnecessarily etc.
3.      There are not enough good political leaders within Left front to support Buddha. Nandigram should have been politically resolved and not necessarily by Buddha alone.
4.      Some leaders within Left and CPM are envious of Buddha%u2019s image and success. Leaders like Kshiti Goswami, Subhas Chakraborty openly criticises Buddha. They did openly supported Dalmiya during CAB election. There are many more leaders like that.

Finally, Buddhadeb just started industrialisation of Bengal; he has been partly successful to eradicate the negative image of West Bengal among the investors. Even afte

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