Why Target?
200 days are not sufficient time to evaluate the
work of any State Government. The target-based campaign was first started by
the bourgeoisie political parties of United Sates of America and Eastern Europe
as a part of their election campaign. Though the targets are often forgotten
after the election and those parties are least interested to fulfill the
targets once the election is won. This electoral tactics has been blindly
copied by TMC before the 15th Assembly Election of West Bengal. In reality TMC
has even plagiarised the slogan "Change We can believe in" from
American President Barrack Obama.
Target of 200 Days
Prior to the last Assembly Election of the State
TMC could not publish any English translation of their Election Manifesto.
Instead of doing so they have created another separate document called as
'VISION DOCUMENT'. The documents set the target of the work to be completed
within 200 days of the new Government. That document contained mainly a little
section of the Election Manifesto and the list of the works, which shall be
done within first 200 days from the formation of TMC led Government in West
Bengal. A Careful reading of two documents brings out the dissimilarity and
contradiction.
In some aspect by using the jugglery of words
against the Left Front, TMC has informed that they will continue with the work
done by the former Left Front Government. In many aspects they could not dare
to reject the truth. We shall look into few declaration made by TMC and try to
see how far they have been fulfilled.
False Claim on Investment
TMC led Government has maintained its heritage
of False claim of success in Industrial Development in the state. In reality
the Government has failed to draw any new flow of investment in the State. The
new Government has failed to bring out its new land policy yet. This failure
has resulted in massive set back of the Government to bring any new investment
in any of the major sectors. Above all the CM has clearly declared that the
Government will place all seek industries in auction for sell whereas it was
promised in TMC's election manifesto that it will resurge seek industries and
save them.
Farmers Suicide: Bengal Enrolls Itself in
the List
West Bengal has not witnessed with the instance
of farmer's suicide where other states in India had laths of incidents of such
kind. The farmer policy of the earlier Left Front Government could successfully
tackle the situation by providing adequate support to ensure the price of the
crop by way of continuous land reforms. The Government changed; TMC came to
power and brought a shift in the policy towards farmers, which has forced the
farmers to get into the crisis, and made suicide as the only resort to the
marginalised farmers. Till the date under the new regime 6 farmers and field
workers have committed suicide with the burden of huge loan. Compared to the
last year the farmers have suffered a huge crisis. They have been even forced
to distress sale the crops. Since the Panchayat have been paralysed by the new
Government, the job under NREGA has been stopped. The so-called Government of
maa-mati-manush has reversed the success of land reforms of earlier Left Front
Government by issuing directive (memo no. IRC/624/11).
The Neoliberal Solution in Transport
The TMC led State Government has started to
enforce the neo liberal economic policies in State owned transport system. It
has already stopped the payment of pension to the retired workers of the state
transport corporations. Even the current workers are not receiving the regular
salary in those corporations. In August a CESTC pension holder lady has
committed suicide after the non-payment of pension. More serious situation
aroused when the almost 18,000 current workers received their salary for the
month of October, not before 30th November. The Transport Minister Subrata
Bakshi has told that the Government shall offer the VRS package to the
transport workers to resurge the sickness and also it will stop the bus service
from all non-profit making roots.
The Poor Financial Situation
Before the Assembly election the TMC used to
complain against the earlier Left Front Government that it is responsible for
the huge debt of the State, after the election the same has been boomeranged
against them. Even the situation is so grave that West Bengal has been elevated
at the top among the states in the amount of debt. In last six months the new
Government has taken a loan f Rupees 10,000/- from the market, which is almost
double of the loan amount taken from the market in last year (Left Front Government).
The Finance Minister of the State Dr. Amit Mitra has promised that the
Government will increase 30% at the average earning of the state, but in
reality the growth rate is only 15%. It is quite impossible to reach the target
level before this year ending.
The Action for Seek Industries: CM
TMC had declared in their Election Manifesto
that 'All Seek Industries will be resurged' but on contrary to that declaration
On 4th November the Chief Minister has declared the declared that the seek
industries of the state shall be sold in auction. It shows the dual policies of
TMC before and after the election.
Land Reforms Stopped
The new Government by issuing a direction (memo
no. IRC/624/11) has declared that the Government will come out from the path of
Land Reforms and the distribution of lands to the landless people. The memo has
been issued on 18th October. The Policy determination Committee, appointed by
the new Government has termed the policy of land reforms followed by Left Front
Government as 'Robbery of Land'. The Committee has also stated in their draft
recommendation that the Government will take punitive measure against such
robbery of land.
Net Failure in Rural Development and
NREGA
During the time of Left Front Government in West
Bengal the state had secured its position out of first five states in
implementation of NREGAs (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). The new
Government has brought down the state out of last 4 states. In the financial
year 2010-11 the number of job days created under NREGAs was total 15 crore and
in this year the number has reduced to only Rs.2 crore. The failure has drawn
the attention of the Central Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh that he
has written a letter to the Chief Minister (no. FTS-66592/2011) where he has
written that the state is currently having Rs.1823 crore but out of that Rs.900
crore have been left unutilised.
Reduction in the Expenditure on Minority
Welfare
In the last financial year the budget allotment
in minority welfare under former Left Front Government was Rs.664.46 crore. The
new Government has reduced Rs.30.66 crore the allotment in minority welfare
drastically in the first budget itself. The budget maintained silence on the
large section of minorities left out of the purview of the Multi sartorial
Development Project of the Central Government. The budget has not spent a
single word on the English Medium Madrasas of the State. The programmes taken
by the earlier Left Front Government to provide the rehabilitation packages to
the divorced, homeless and helpless minority women have been completely ignored
in the budget. These forgetfulness shows that the so-called minority friendly
attitude of TMC was just like a mask, which has been already taken off.
Fascism: The Late Realisation of
Mahasweta Devi
The honeymoon period of TMC-and so called 'CIVIL
SOCIETY' (Sushil Samaj) is over within first six months of the new Government.
At least the statement made by Mahasweta Devi On 21st November indicates that.
The conflict raised due to the refusal by the Police to grant permission for a
public meeting called by APDR at Metro Channel. While condemning such action
Mahasweta Devi asked whether they have knowingly invited fascism in State or
not. The conflict has also attracted the statement of Kabir Suman, a TMC MP,
which has reminded the CM that as an opposition leader she made a continuous 26
days dharna at that Metro Channel only. Late is better than never. Although
late, but the so-called Susheel Samaj has started to realise the original face
of TMC.
How Many Days Singur shall Wait to Get
Back the Promised Land?
TMC had declared that their Government will
return the lands belong to the UNWILLING FARMERS of Singur after the formation
of the new Government. With the lapse of time those farmers are also realising
that the promise was nothing but a pre election gimmick. 100 days, 200 days...
no one knows how many days they wait to get back the land.
Return of Power Cut
One of the major successes of the Left Front
Government was that it could reduce the power cut in the state. The change in
the Government has taken back to the time of Power cut. The Government has
failed to make a plan to maintain the supply of electric in the state. Over all
they have indicated that it might have to increase the price for electric under
the compulsion.
Syndicate, Promoters and TMC
The evil nexus between Syndicate, Promoters and
TMC has been revealed after the murder of TMC worker Swapan Mandal at
Keshtopur, 24 Parganas (North). The main accused Partha Sarkar and others are
also the well-known TMC leader of the area. The situation indicates that the
evil nexus got strengthened during the first six months of the change.
Unfortunately the Government is doing nothing to break such nexus except the
verbal attack and counter attack among the TMC leaders.
Curtailment of Panchayat Right
Panchayat of West Bengal was considered as a
model to rest of India under Left Front Government. It was West Bengal, which
was the real torchbearer of decentralisation policy and the three tiers
Panchayat system to ensure peoples participation in local Governance. But the
new Government has done nothing to consolidate that success. Instead of doing
so they have taken initiative to curtail the rights of Panchayat by empowering
the executive. In order to do so the CM met the BDOs and SDO and issued the
direction to them.
The University Ordinance
The new Government has already proclaimed an
Ordinance to destroy the democratic system in the Educational Institutions.
They are trying to adopt the nominated managing committee system. This amounts
to an attack on democracy established in the state by Left Front in last 34
years.
CM at Police Station
On 6th November the CM herself had visited
Bhowanipur Police Station to resolve a criminal dispute, which is not only
unprecedented but also dangerous for a democratic system.
Police Firing
On 1st December the Police of the new Government
has fired on a peaceful protest at the demand of electricity at Nainan of
Magrahat, 24 Parganas (South). 4 People including three women and a twelve
years old girl died in that firing. In last six months police has fired several
times at Asansol, Pandaveswar, Haroa and Bagula. One person died at Asansol
incident and one woman died at Bagula by the bullets of the police of new
Government.
Alteration of Charge Sheet to Save a
Minister
The CID under the Home Minister and Chief
Minister Smt. Mamata Banerjee has deleted the name of one of the ministers of
her ministry, Mr. Arup Roy, from the charge sheet filed in connection to the
murder of a TMC leader of Bally, Howrah. This incident is also unprecedented
and dangerous for an impartial judicial system. In another incident under the
direction of the law minister of the new Government police has withdrawn a
murder case against the congress anti socials at Krishnanagar. The Police have
also shown partiality to arrest a TMC councilor who was connected to a murder
at Tarapeeth, Rampurhat.
Falsification Continues…
There are thousands incidents in last six moth
duration of the new Government which revels the inefficacy of the Government to
run the state. The declarations at Election manifesto remained unfulfilled and
the Governments action does not indicate its willingness to fulfill them in
near future. So the writing of the CM in a document to mark 100 days of the new
Government that it has finished maximum work of 200 days within 90 days only
tells us that Falsification continues... either in opposition or in Government,
because the name of the party is TMC.
