Friday, June 19, 2009
Bengal
Gordon Brown in the UK is now always whining that he finds it a difficult job to be PM - but the UK is a political paradise compared to Bengal, where politics are strained to say the least.
The Lalgarh episode has brought to focus the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal. While the ruling Left Front has alleged that the Congress-Trinamool combine has been supporting Naxal activity in the area, the Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has used this to press her demand for advancing the Assembly elections. The Centre has blamed the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya government for failing to tackle the Naxal menace. Is this the end of the road for the Left in West Bengal?
IMO: Mamata Banerjee has now taken control of the railways again and seems prepared to modernise with US and Australian support. Attempts may be made to substantially improve infrastucture, introduce solar powered train stations and lower power costs by up to 50% etc. etc. So it is by no means all doom and gloom.
The Lalgarh episode has brought to focus the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal. While the ruling Left Front has alleged that the Congress-Trinamool combine has been supporting Naxal activity in the area, the Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has used this to press her demand for advancing the Assembly elections. The Centre has blamed the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya government for failing to tackle the Naxal menace. Is this the end of the road for the Left in West Bengal?
IMO: Mamata Banerjee has now taken control of the railways again and seems prepared to modernise with US and Australian support. Attempts may be made to substantially improve infrastucture, introduce solar powered train stations and lower power costs by up to 50% etc. etc. So it is by no means all doom and gloom.
# posted by uv : 8:05 PM
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