Bhattacharya's views on bandh makes him go against his party
Swimming against the tide is difficult. West Bengal CM, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya seems to be learning it the hard way. Being a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist), which over the years made bandhs and strikes an inseparable part of its culture, he was supposed to adhere to its ideology and the bandh culture. CPI (M) is the party that believes in protecting the working class by organising bandhs irrespective of the cost. But he shocked his party recently by opposing the bandhs. “Personally, I don't support bandhs. Bandhs do not help us or the country. Unfortunately, I belong to a political party. They call strikes and I keep mum.." he said. Bhattacharya it seems, had taken the Tata’s threat to withdraw from Singur due to farmers’ agitation, very seriously. Earlier too, his attempts to industrialise the state by setting up a chemical hub at Nandigram, were met with a bloody resistance by local farmers supported by Trinamool Congress and Maoists.
The party, predictably, rebuked Bhattacharya by reaffirming its faith in bandhs as an instrument of protest. “It was his personal opinion. Workers will resort to strike as long as capitalism and exploitation are there,” said West Bengal CITU general secretary Kali Ghosh. Others too tried to justify strikes by saying it was a common mode of protest even in developed countries. Bhattacharya however, hasn’t joined the issue with them. Though he is trying to fight the Frankenstein created by his party, few have seen the flip side of the incident. In parties like CPI (M) having iron-hand discipline, it is unusual for the cadre to come out against set principles of the party.
Swimming against the tide is difficult. West Bengal CM, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya seems to be learning it the hard way. Being a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist), which over the years made bandhs and strikes an inseparable part of its culture, he was supposed to adhere to its ideology and the bandh culture. CPI (M) is the party that believes in protecting the working class by organising bandhs irrespective of the cost. But he shocked his party recently by opposing the bandhs. “Personally, I don't support bandhs. Bandhs do not help us or the country. Unfortunately, I belong to a political party. They call strikes and I keep mum.." he said. Bhattacharya it seems, had taken the Tata’s threat to withdraw from Singur due to farmers’ agitation, very seriously. Earlier too, his attempts to industrialise the state by setting up a chemical hub at Nandigram, were met with a bloody resistance by local farmers supported by Trinamool Congress and Maoists.
The party, predictably, rebuked Bhattacharya by reaffirming its faith in bandhs as an instrument of protest. “It was his personal opinion. Workers will resort to strike as long as capitalism and exploitation are there,” said West Bengal CITU general secretary Kali Ghosh. Others too tried to justify strikes by saying it was a common mode of protest even in developed countries. Bhattacharya however, hasn’t joined the issue with them. Though he is trying to fight the Frankenstein created by his party, few have seen the flip side of the incident. In parties like CPI (M) having iron-hand discipline, it is unusual for the cadre to come out against set principles of the party.
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