Buddhadeb Calls Upon Congress and Left to Join Hands in Bengal

Speaking at Singur, former West Bengal CM also made clear that industry would be an issue in the upcoming polls.

File photo of CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.(Photo: PTI)

Virtually launching the campaign for the ensuing assembly election in West Bengal, former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee called upon Congress and other Left parties to join hands with the CPI(M) to defeat Trinamool Congress.

He also indicated that industrialisation would be a major issue.

This was Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s first visit to Singur after eight years. The area was the site of the Tata’s Nano project, which they later shifted to Gujarat. He kicked off the week-long procession from Singur to Salboni, where JSW group had promised to set up a Rs 35,000 crore steel plant.

<p>If the (Nano) factory was set up here, situation would have changed in Singur. But only darkness prevailed. We will change the situation. We can do it. We want the Congress to make its stand clear in this regard. We want Congress and other Left parties to join hands with us to oust the TMC government.</p>

Buddhadeb&nbsp;Bhattacharjee, Former Chief Minister, West Bengal

Indicating that industrialisation of the state would be a big issue in the ensuing poll, Bhattacharjee said that both agriculture and industry are needed.

<p>Agriculture alone is not sufficient and industry is required as thousands of educated youth want employment. This Ma-Mati-Manush drama can’t be allowed to run any longer. We will save Bengal.</p>

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Former Chief Minister, West Bengal