Mamta and West Bengal
Posted : June 4, 2010 at 7:29 pm [IST]
Mamta’s win in the elections in corporations and municipalities has been the hot news for media. Matma is elated. Many are celebrating. Buddha has gone in silence mode. Biman has his own excuse of the debacle. Intellectuals are still confused if the prospect of change is to be welcomed. And naturally all these are in expectation for winning the final of the match (assembly election) in West Bengal next year.
I, for one, with almost major part of life spent in West Bengal don’t get excited with the prospect of the change. It’s for a very simple reason. Mamta has learnt all her tricks and means to win election from the leftists. Mamta and his men will hardly prove any better for the well-wishers for Bengal. Rather they may be worse with power with them. It was clear in Singur conflict. She could have won even without the exit of Tata Motors. She could have saved the project with some innovative steps or by bringing in some persons such as the then governor or former CII chief into negotiation. However, I don’t know if she has any advisors or consultants. Perhaps, she doesn’t believe that anyone can have better solutions and ideas on any issue. Mamta is sick with some complex.
Bengal will not change with the entry of Mamta in Writer’s Building. She has not disclosed her strategy of the West Bengal that she will try to build as and when she gets opportunity.
The worst is her autocratic leadership. She doesn’t believe in building a team. She has hardly any. Trinamool without Mamta is just a big zero. The leftists have lost the touch as they didn’t change. The people want a change but with Mamta their hope will vanish within months.
Moreover, the leftists will not leave the turf so easily. And West Bengal will face a troubled time in years to come. It will see political battles fought with violent protests, strikes, bandhs, and stop works in factories. Industrialists will suffer the most.
The dream and potential to see West Bengal re-emerging as a developed state and knowledge hub will end as utopia.
I don’t know if I should or can rejoice with the recent wins of Mamta. However, with AJIRA gone, I have lost the physical relation with Kolkata and West Bengal and it should hardly matter for me at this ripe age. But still I pity the death of a prospect of prosperous West Bengal.
- Indra
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