Mamata trying to suppress democracy to hide her inefficiency

Rebel sympathizers slam Mamata

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 17.11.11

Kolkata: Seldom has a chief minister named Maoist frontal organizations and threatened to take action against them for “glorifying murderers and terrorists”. Branding the Matangini Mahila Samiti a “demonic brigade”, CM Mamata Banerjee also warned people against the All Bengal Students Union, two Jadavpur university professors and several government employees for their Maoists links. 
    On Wednesday, all these “accused” chose to take off their veil and take on the chief minister. Addressing mediapersons, the rebel sympathisers said that they had never concealed their moral support for the Maoists “who are fighting for the poor and deprived people”. They accused the chief minister of gagging the democratic atmosphere of the state. 
    Debolina Chakraborty, Matangini Mahila Samiti’s founder-secretary, who actively took part in Trinamool headed Nandigram movement said: “The government has changed but the policy remained same. Like the previous Left Front government, the Trinamool government is also gagging the voice of protest. And the word ‘Maoist’ is only an instrument to suppress any form of protest.” 
    Jadavpur University’s history professor Amit Bhattacharya said the CM’s “insinuations forced him to speak out”. Jail doesn’t bother him, he said. “I was a political detainee in the ’70s,” he said. Bhattacharya who is working on a UGC-approved project to understand the Maoist problem in India, said, “We thought the new government will bring some change but nothing happened. In her manifesto Mamata Banerjee had promised to end state sponsored terrorism. It continues.” 
    ABSU secretary Raktim Ghosh condemned Mamata for branding the organization a Maoist wing. “She is implementing anti-student rules. She is trying to stop all types of movements and protests on campuses. Whenever we protest we were branded as Maoist,” said Raktim.