A changing Stance!

Mamata meets Left delegation: Mamata has agreed to meet the Left whom she’d no speaking terms for couple of years and spewed venom on CPM in particular whenever opportunity came. CPM was her main adversary. Now the Left pose a very weak opponent, so is Congress. Hence Mamata has changed her stance and seems to have decided to soft pedal these weak forces while gathering momentum to wage full fledged war against the strong emerging opponent BJP which might be a potential game changer in the 2016 Assembly polls. In fact, political scenario has undergone sea change following Modi’s mind-boggling performance in LS polls. Little did Mamata like many others envisage such a phenomenal success of Modi.However, now an attempt to patch up relation with Modi that turned abjectly sour during LS polls might cost her Muslim vote bank which she can ill afford. So she’s to continue her anti-Modi posture till Assembly election. Again, Mamata likes to see Congress and the Left in particular which has still a sizable vote bank even after disaster in LS polls, as political forces to reckon with to poll anti TMC votes in their favour and not allowing them to go over to BJP’s coffer. Incidentally, Mamata has bagged as many as 34 LS seats this time only by polling 39% vote and the remaining 61% vote has gone to the opponent.

Bewildering Youth!

Felicitation of KKR at Eden: KKR’s victory celebration could take many lives due to stampede. For God’s sake it didn’t happen. It was confined to only injuries big or small. It was sea of humanity both inside and outside the stadium. Many pass holders were denied entry into the venue of the function while those without pass made their way inside. It was acme of mismanagement. Many sustained injuries due to lathi charge by police. Interestingly, the youths, gathered in thousands at Eden not to enjoy cricket but to have the glimpse of Bollywood Star Saha Rukh Khan in particular along with other Tollywood stars as well.Saha Rukh is also a co-owner of KKR which has virtually no association with the state or its capital except the name ‘Kolkata’.In fact, what else can our youths do ? They’ve nothing to look forward to; most of them have bleak future ahead. So they rush in thousands even in week days to enjoy whatever entertainment they’re offered to even staking their lives. It’s the best way to opiate them and thus alienate them from stark realities of life. What a wastage of youth forces!

Public money in private celebration!

IPL(2014) victory Celebration: Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) is one of the franchise teams of Indian Premier League (IPL), a T-20 cricket tournament. It’s owned by Bollywood star Shaha Rukh Khan along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Meheta.It’s totally a private tournament and has, in fact, no connection with the state. Association of ‘Kolkata’ with the name of the team is only coincidental and does not mean it’s a Kolkata team either. However, incidentally King Khan is the brand ambassador Bengal.It’s, of course, altogether a different story. Nevertheless the state almost officially bash in the glory of KKR’s wining the IPL trophy. What’s more, the State celebrates the victory at the expense of public exchequer.This year CM will dash to Kolkata from Darjeeling hiring a private plane that costs lacs of rupees cutting short her normal schedule to participate in the celebration. On earlier occasion even guv took part in the celebration.It's high time to pause and ponder why public money would be so lavishly spent for purely private entertainment.

High time to intervene!

BJP delegates from Delhi along with their state counterparts visited Sandeshkhali yesterday to meet people there and see for themselves how the BJP supporters were attacked allegedly by Trinomool activists armed with bombs and fire weapons as they’d celebrated massive victory of Narendra Modi in LS polls. They also met the BJP victims who were admitted to SSKM hospitals after sustaining bullet and other injuries. The delegates made it loud and clear that BJP won’t take such assault on their supporters lying down any more and it might mean counter attack or embarking on legal measures to stop this menace. As law and order is a state subject, but for the cooperation of the state administration no legal action can be taken against the miscreants. It’s alleged police administration fails to rein in the anti socials for reasons best known to them. So only option left with the BJP supporters is fend for themselves.But it’s not at all a desirable proposition as it simply means taking law in one’s own hand and it might lead to wide spread violence either. So it’s high time CM could intervene and sort out the problem by negotiation with BJP leaders across the table.CPI(M) too has the same contention as their party supporters are also attacked allegedly by TMC goons.Happily,CM has reportedly agreed to meet CPI(M) leaders on June 9 to discuss the matter.