I seriously doubt, that intellectuals living in Bengal do understand the reality or do have any sense of patriotism for Bengal. Who can understand the need of Bengal better than begalies like me, who have left bengal for a living. Bengal, lagging so many years for industry from any other state in the country, desperately in need for Industrialization. It is proven that agriculture alone can not push the growth rate beyond 2 to 3%. To dream about a growth rate of 10% you must heavily rely on Industry. Otherwise you continue to produce poor country men generations after generations. We are glad that we got a person like Buddhadev as CM, who has a vision. That man single handedly pushed Bengal into limelight after so many years of direction less, selfish politics that ruined the state. To set up industry, you do need land. It can not be set up in the air. Now the fact is bengal has more than 90% of land as fertile land. So what is the option? What is the better effective utilization of land. Using 1000 acre as farmland may sustain few hundreds of people with just bare minimum income. Where as the same land if used for industry can bring employment to several thousands of people with reasonable income. The entire region is transformed, increasing the need for products, which then encourages further growth. Yes, we do need farmland for food sustainability. That's why we should limit the land conversion for industrialization. Implement better technologies in farm land for increase in productivity. Our agricultural productivity is one of the lowest in the world. In bengal the irony is one or the other political party is always opposing developments so that it is easy for them to exploit illiterate, poor people. Left Front used this trick very effectively for first 25 years of its rule. Now it is the turn of Mamata and her party. When Buddadev trying his best for the betterment of the state, that crazy lady (I seriously doubt whether she has a balanced brain on her shoulder) is up in arms to pull him down for no reason. That lady should be prosecuted for unpatriotic act. Her only motivation is to bank on this agenda to regain her position.
If you do care for bengal, please contribute to mass awareness that we need industry for everyone's benefit. If India is aiming for a super power 20 years from now, industry is the way. Let's go for it.
