Rezzak Molla's ouster!

The expulsion of Rezzak Molla from CPI(M) party was long overdue.Party leadership has ultimately shown courage and wisdom in showing him the door.The Lok Sabha polls breathing down the neck, the poll prospects might suffer.Nevertheless his ouster would send a loud and clear message that nobody is above party and must not indulge in anti party activities.Any member might have difference of opinion with party leaders but he should vent his grievances in party forum and not in public.Any difference in view can be sorted out by discussion and dialogue. . Molla was a veteran member of the party and a member of state secretariat as well.So it's expected he should have behaved with reasons and restrain.In stead, he scathingly criticized CPI(M) in open forum.His invectives were directed to top leaders of the party without mentioning their names.Allimuddin ignored his unbridled utterances for reasons best known to them.Only when Molla proposed to float a new party to fight Assembly Polls in 2016, party leadership expelled him in a knee jerk move.He should have been warned much earlier and disciplinary action other than expulsion should have been slapped on him.Any way, it's better late than never. Prospect of the Left in the coming Lok Sabha Polls is far from bright.So it should ruthlessly weed out many questionable personalities from the party to refurbish its image and set its house in order.Hopefully,it'll bring the party a better tomorrow.

Pampering the mischief maker!

Didi's anxiety for Anubrata Mandal's health is understandable.We're also worried about his hypoxemia like her.But what concerns us most is her unconcern for Anubrat's provocative speeches to burn the houses of the dissident TMC candidates in the run-up to Panchayet polls and bomb police vehicles, if necessary, as a fall-out of which Sagar Ghosh, father of an old-time Trinomool activist, was shot dead allegedly by TMC miscreants.She rather adored him as a very efficient and sincere leader of his party and pledged to protect him at any cost.Her utterances suggest an 'efficient party leader' can do whatever he likes and arm of law is not strong enough to touch him.Cops, in fact, didn't arrest Anubrata, an accused in Sagar Ghosh murder case, even when Court of law suggested to do so.Again, it's difficult to apprehend what bearing Anubrata's illness has on his invectives to his opponent.There's no medical evidence that those suffering from deficiency of oxygen in blood(hypoxemia) are apt to spew venom on their adversaries.Nor it's prudent to say no legal action may be taken against such people on humanitarian ground.Perhaps, CM tried to draw public sympathy for Anubrata's chronic illness and exonerate him of minor lapses.But tone and tenor of her remark about Anubrata is more of pampering him than restraining him any way.Later, again, some high profile TMC leaders joined the band wagon of their supremo in eulogizing and encouraging Anubrata rather in louder voice.CM also vindicated him even in Assembly without mentioning his name. It's deplorable,when High Court is making all-out efforts to do justice to Sagar Ghosh murder case by forming a 5-member investigating team headed by director general of police(DGP) who are supposed to carry out probe independently staying away from any influence of state administration, the statement of CM who's incidentally Home minister also is likely to influence the investigation in a big way and slain Sagar Ghosh might not get justice at all.

A shot in the Left arm!

The mammoth rally at the Brigade would definitely supply oxygen to the apparently sagging morale of the Left leaders following massive debacle in Panchayet and civic polls.Adding insult to injury three MLAs of the Left Front switched their allegiance over to TMC in recently concluded RS poll that helped TMC to send their fourth candidate to RS and later they formally joined the ruling party.True, such instances of defection from the Left parties are few and far between compared to other parties but nevertheless there is fear that others might follow suit.What's more, Mukul Roy claimed many CPI(M) MLAs are also sitting on the fence and might join his party at any time. In fact, leaders of the TMC were worried that there might be mass exodus from the opposition to the ruling party and the state would be bereft of opposition.They, of course, argue those who are decamping their parties to join TMC are doing so enchanted and enthused by enormous developmental work s being done by Mamata Banerjee.The defectors too argue in the same vein to vindicate their joining the ruling parties.But what's reality is money plays the pivotal role to tempt these MLAs to change sides.In fact, those who leave their parties in trying times are likely to be more liabilities than assets to the party they join.No political party, however, realize this home truth.Hopefully, the massive rally at Brigade would help the Left to arrest defection and turn around to fight back in Lok Sabha polls. People attended the Brigade rally of the Left braving many odds.They were allegedly intimidated by TMC activists. They were denied overnight shelter to stay at Kolkata by the govt as was given to those attended the TMC rally at Brigade held only a few days earlier.So most of the participants in the Left rally were supposed to be true supporters or sympathizers of the Left. .But the recent disastrous performance of the Left front in the Panchayet or civic polls does not bear out this claim.So were these elections well-rigged and farce as the oppositions contended? Question remains.