Fascist soul and vitriolic mind of Mamta is exposed

Angry over car delay, Mamata says guards must be ‘whipped’

TNN | Feb 8, 2013, 02.23 AM IST

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee's public outburst against her security officer "apnakay chabkano uchit" (you should be whipped) on Wednesday night at the Kolkata Book Fair for being made to wait for her car, has made APDR move the West Bengal Human Rights Commission. 

 

KOLKATA: Chief minister MamataBanerjee's public outburst against her security officer "apnakaychabkanouchit" (you should be whipped) on Wednesday night at the Kolkata Book Fair for being made to wait for her car, has made the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) move the West Bengal Human Rights Commission. Ironically, the officer, Kusum Kumar Dwivedi, was awarded a seva medal by Mamata only a month back, in December last year.

APDR's branch secretary Ranjit Sur wrote to West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice (retired) Asok Kumar Ganguly on Thursday. "Police personnel are government employees. No one has the right to misbehave with them in that manner and thus destroy their dignity and social prestige. Moreover, they are not in a position their service condition may not allow them to lodge complaint against the chief minister. So, we as a human rights defender organization appeal to you to intervene and do the needful to protect the dignity of the policemen on VIP duty."

APDR also pointed out the case of suicide by an officer of Park Street police station few months ago after his superiors allegedly misbehaved acted inhumanly with him.

"We have urged the commission to protect the rights of policemen humiliated by the chief minister and also other police personnel in general. If such incident is not checked now, this will percolate further to all layers of administration. And the worst sufferers will be those in the lower strata of the administration," said Sur.

Union minister But it was Deepa Das Munshi was also vocal. who pointed the disconnect.

"What wrong did the officer do? Wasn't he the one whom the chief minister had awarded only a month back? All these, for a few minutes for which she was made to wait.

Is this the culture of Bengal? Or is this the frustration over something else?" she quipped.

Opposition leader Surjya Kanta Mishra, now in Tripura, told reporters: "The chief minister should keep her cool. She isn't in the opposition anymore.", but the head of the state government. She should behave like one. If this continues, I wonder how they are going to continue for their complete five years. This might trigger a constitutional crisis." BJP leader Tathagata Roy termed this as a dangerous precedent..

Lie,cheating are the new identity of West Bengal rulers

Mamata Banerjee's partymen flaunt dubious degrees they're not even eligible for

Mukul Roy's Rajya Sabha profile mentions he did his BSc. (Part-I) from Calcutta University.

Members of the Trinamool Congress, led by party chief Mamata Banerjee, seem to be making a habit of flaunting dubious educational achievements.
Barely half a decade after it was revealed that the American university Banerjee claimed to have done her PhD from never even existed, two of her loyal partymen have come under the scanner for similar discrepancies in their declared educational qualification.

Mukul Roy's Rajya Sabha profile.

There are glaring incongruities in the profiles of Railways Minister Mukul Roy and Trinamool leader Kunal Ghosh, both Rajya Sabha members, in their Election Commission affidavits and on the Rajya Sabha website. While Ghosh's highest academic qualification mentioned in his EC affidavit is just "Madhyamik" (state secondary board exam, 1985), his Rajya Sabha profile states he pursued a certificate course (no specific year mentioned) in audio visual journalism, media management from Annex College of Management and Annex-Cygnus Institute of Management, Kolkata. Incidentally, he is a board member of the institute.
What is all the more befuddling is the fact that authorities at Annex College refuse such a course was ever even a part of their curriculum! Their claim verified by the absence of any mention of a certificate course in audio visual journalism on the institute's website.
"There has never been such a course at the institute in its 21 years. We still don't have any educational programme under this title," Monali Chakraborty of Annex College of Management said.
If this sounds weird, then check out the state-run websites - http://ceowestbengal. nic.in and http://rajyasabha.nic.in.
'No foul play'

Kunal Ghosh's Election Commission affidavit.

When contacted, Ghosh pleaded ignorance about the discrepancy. "I don't know how the mistake occurred. The mention was omitted in the EC affidavit, I guess. I will definitely look into it," the journalist-turned-politico said.
He, however, remained defiant insisting that the two separate educational qualifications were in no way contradictory. "I wanted to highlight the professional side of my career and accordingly gave the details to the Rajya Sabha site and they uploaded it," Ghosh added.
Mukul Roy's profiles on the two portals hold a similar 'error'.
His Rajya Sabha profile mentions he did his higher secondary schooling from Harneet High School at Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas, after which he enrolled at Calcutta University, where he only completed Part-I (first and second year) of his BSc course.
But in his EC affidavit, the railways minister says he also has an MA in public administration from Madurai-Kamraj University in 2006. Now the question is, if Roy actually did obtain his masters degree in 2006, then why did he not make the necessary changes in his profile, despite having been re-elected to the Rajya Sabha the same year?
Or when he earned another tenure in the House this year? Roy could not be reached for his comments on Sunday. His personal assistant said the minister was busy in a political rally.
Funnily, their party chief Banerjee faced similar embarrassment when it was revealed during her maiden campaign for a seat in the Lok Sabha in 2006, that East Georgia University, the US school she claimed to have done her PhD from, never even existed.

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mamata-banerjee-men-flaunt-dubious-educational-achievements/1/197854.html

Lunatic Queen of Misrule

For Mamata Banerjee , ending 34 years of cpi(m) rule in West Bengal was the easy part. Even a year after her historic victory, she still acts more like a street-fighting Opposition leader than a Chief Minister. Samples from the whimsical reign of Mamata , Queen of the Absurd.
Don't Look Left
Addressing a meeting of the party workers on April 16, Food Supplies Minister Jyotipriyo Mullick asked Trinamool Congress (tmc) party faithful not to socialise with the Left. "Don't sit with them, don't eat with them. Unless you don't learn to hate them, you won't be able to take revenge," he said. cpi(m)'s former Rajya Sabha member Mohammad Salim laughed at this, saying, "It's very difficult to read Mamata Banerjee these days. One reason for this could be the panchayat elections due next year. The spirit of debate and discussion is very strong in West Bengal. People gather at tea stalls and social functions and debate politics. Maybe Mamata is worried that her cadres will not be able to defend themselves." tmc leader Derek O'Brien, however, says, "One must look at the context of where it was said. It was mentioned at an internal party meeting to a crowd of 1,500 party workers. The statement was taken out of context." A tmc worker points out that the cpi(m) has little reason to smirk: "Look at their own constitution. They also follow a policy of social ostracism towards expelled leaders such as (former speaker) Somnath Chatterjee."

Cartoons are Blasphemy
On April 13, the police arrested a Jadavpur University professor, Ambika Mahapatra, and his neighbour for circulating an anti-Mamata cartoon on the Net. The cartoon, based on Satyajit Ray's movie Sonar Kella, allegedly shows Mamata and Railway Minister Mukul Roy discussing how to get rid of party MP Dinesh Trivedi. Mahapatra was charged under Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and Sections 500, 509 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code (punishment for defamation) for forwarding "derogatory images" of the West Bengal Chief Minister to nearly 65 recipients. "This is not democracy but democrazy," Mamata baiter and Congress leader Deepa Dasmunshi told the media. The Congress, which shares power with tmc, has been careful to distance itself from the controversy. Such was the sense of panic in the city that rumours of Big Didi planning to use the state Criminal Investigation Department (cid) to monitor social media began to do the rounds. The battleground shifted to Twitter, as O'Brien denied the cid rumours and tried to defend his leader. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah jumped into the fray, tweeting, "Do not worry. If I arrested everyone who made fun of me or a cartoon of me I (would) run out of prison space in a flash."

Protest and be Damned
On April 8, Professor Sarothi Partha Ray, an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, was arrested for participating in an anti-eviction movement at Nonadanga in Kolkata. His bail application was rejected on April 12 and he was sent to judicial custody. This had the scientific community and ngos up in arms. A group of academics, scientists and social activists dashed off an angry letter to Manmohan Singh. Much to the Prime Minister's embarrassment, the first signature on the letter is from Sonia Gandhi's favourite activist, Aruna Roy. On April 18, the professor finally got bail.

Select Reading
On March 14, a government order directed that only eight selected newspapers would be purchased by the 422 state-funded libraries and 2,060 state-owned libraries in the state. The list has eight newspapers-five Bengali dailies, one Hindi and two Urdu papers. Some sheepish tmc leaders claimed that this was a decision taken by a low-level official from the Library Services Department but Abdul Karim Chaudhury, West Bengal's library services minister, told the media that the circular had the Chief Minister's blessings. Later, Derek O'Brien tweeted that an English daily had been added to the list. "Mamata had joined politics during the Emergency. Indira Gandhi apologised for the Emergency but Mamata never has. She has only said that it was wrongly implemented. So what Sanjay Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Vidya Charan Shukla failed to do, Mamata Banerjee will," chortles cpi(m)'s Salim. The real reason behind this move is there in the fine print of the circular which states that public money should not be spent on political publications. cpi(m) brings out a paper, Ganashakti, which could be found in the state libraries prior to Mamata's diktat. With Mamata, if you look hard enough, all decisions lead to the Left.
London Calling
Mamata wants to convert Kolkata into London. She has decided to paint all the bridges, lamp posts, public buildings and even cabs sky blue, the colour of peace. According to some estimates, Plan Blue will allegedly cost the state Rs.80 crore though there are some tax breaks for those citizens who paint their houses blue. Says a tmc leader proudly, "A uniform colour all around will lessen the sense of chaos in the city." Hmm...

Music, Not Marx Rabindrasangeet at traffic lights to soothe irate drivers and banning Marx and Engels from textbooks is Mamata's chicken soup for the Bengali soul. "Marx should be studied as a historical phenomenon but not at the expense of Mahatma (Gandhi) and (Nelson) Mandela. Bengal is only redressing a balance, not trying to doctor history," tweets the ever-faithful O'Brien. Clearly, even the quizmaster is having a hard time trying to find the right answers to explain his leader.

Bengal’s House of shame:courtsey Mamata Banerjee

3 MLAs Hospitalized As Left, TMC Come To Blows In Assembly

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kolkata: Bengal’s lawmakers dragged the assembly down to the gully pits on Tuesday, choosing fists and cuss words when a debate was denied. During the bedlam in the well of the House, legislators punched each other and a woman CPM MLA was “pulled by the hair” and allegedly “lifted to the treasury benches” by male MLAs.
    Two women MLAs from the CPM and the Trinamool Congress were taken to a hospital and a CPM legislator was hospitalized for head injuries. Speaker Biman Banerjee suspended three CPM MLAs — Nazmul Haque, Susanta Besra and Amjad Hossain — for the rest of the session, triggering cries of bias from the Opposition.
    The dishonour to the House was worse than the unruly scenes in the sixties when Left legislators hurled tomatoes and eggs at the chair and even threw shoes at then governor Dharamvira. But never had members participated in the bedlam so enthusiastically as Becharam Manna and deputy speaker Sonali Guha. Their seniors Firhad Hakim, Partha Chatterjee and Subrata Mukherjee tried to defuse the tension but were no match. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee was not present in the House on Tuesday.
    Trouble broke out soon after the Speaker ruled out discussion on the Left Front’s adjournment notice on chit funds. When the notice was being read, Opposition leader Surya Kanta Mishra protested that it had been “severely edited”. Furious Left members rushed to the Speaker’s podium, shouting slogans, but he ignored them. Security personnel threw a cordon around the Speaker. and a number of Trinamool legislators also ran to the well of the House to shield Banerjee. Soon, women legislators got involved in the melee. As a scuffle ensued, the Speaker adjourned the House and left.
    When Banerjee suspended the three CPM MLAs for disorderly conduct (using foul language against the Speaker, smashing his microphone and tearing papers on his table), parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee lauded him for acting against the CPM’s “goonda raj”. Congress leader Manas Bhunia blamed the ruling party for sparking the violence, adding that the Speaker’s ruling violates the principle of natural justice. CPM MLAs were angry that their comrades were not given a chance to defend themselves. But Chatterjee said the rules of procedure (Section 347, 348) don’t give scope for self-defence.
    As Left members then rushed the Speaker’s chair, deputy speaker Sonali Guha started abusing and threatening CPM’s Susanta Besra. To make matters worse, Trinamool MLA Mahamuda Begum chased CPM’s Debalina Hembram and pulled her by the hair. Some male Trinamool MLAs allegedly joined Mahamuda and dragged Debalina to the benches.
    “Mahamuda Begum pulled me by the hair. Others abused me and some Trinamool members, including ministers, lifted me and took me to the treasury benches,” Debalina alleged. Mahamuda complained of chest pain and was taken to SSKM Hospital. Trinamool’s Pulak Roy is also among the injured.
    The Left came down heavily on the ruling party. “The Speaker was a mute spectator to the Trinamool violence. He watched how Gouranga Chatterjee was beaten up by members of the treasury benches even as he lay helpless. Instead, the Speaker suspended three CPM MLAs without giving them a chance to defend themselves,” said Opposition leader Surjya Kanta Mishra. Congress members blamed Trinamool for the “insecurity of members”. The Congress later called on the governor.

BEDLAM ROCKS ASSEMBLY: (Clockwise from left) Congress MLAs protest outside the assembly hall in Kolkata on Tuesday; CPM legislator Debalina Hembram (left) being taken to a hospital, escorted by Jahanara Khan; a Left Front MLA shows his spectacle broken during the ruckus

 

HOUSE OF SHAME

Thanks to Mamata Banerjee

 

 

Trinamool, Left MLAs In Unprecedented Assembly Fistfight

HOUSE OF SHAME

Four MLAs Hurt; 3 CPM Members Suspended

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Kolkata: Bengal’s lawmakers dragged the assembly down to the gully pits on Tuesday, choosing fists and cuss words when a debate was denied. In the bedlam in the well of the House, legislators punched each other and a woman CPM MLA was “pulled by the hair” and allegedly “lifted to the treasury benches” by male MLAs.
    Two women MLAs from CPM and Trinamool Congress were taken to the hospital and a CPM legislator was also hospitalized for head injuries. Speaker Biman Banerjee suspended three CPM MLAs — Nazmul Haque, Susanta Besra and Amjad Hossain — for the rest of the session, triggering cries of bias from the opposition.
    The dishonour to the house surpasses all precedence in the Bengal assembly. It was worse than the unruly scenes in the Sixties where Left legislators hurled tomatoes and eggs at the chair and even threw shoes at Governor Dharamvira. But never had members of the treasury benches participated in the bedlam so enthusiastically as newly crowned minister Becharam Manna and deputy Speaker Sonali Guha. Their seniors Firhad Hakim, Partha Chatterjee and Subrata Mukherjee tried to defuse the tension but were no match for the gung-go greenhorns in the treasury benches.
    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee was not present in the House on Tuesday.
    Trouble broke out soon after the Speaker ruled out discussion on the Left Front’s adjournment notice on chit funds. When the notice was being read out in the House, Opposition leader Surjya Kanta Mishra protested that it had been “severely edited”. Furious Left Front members rushed to the Speaker’s podium and surrounded it, shouting slogans, but he ignored them and moved on to the mention cases. Security personnel rushed to throw a cordon around the Speaker. A number of Trinamool legislators — including some ministers — also ran to the well of the House to shield Banerjee.
    Soon, women legislators also got involved in the melee. A scuffle ensued, and a few legislators fell. The Speaker adjourned the House and left.
    Worse was in store. When Banerjee gave a ruling on the bedlam and suspended the three CPM MLAs for disorderly conduct (using foul language against the Speaker, smashing his microphone and tearing papers on his table), parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee lauded him for acting firm against the CPM’s “goonda raj”. However, Congress leader Manas Bhunia stood up and blamed the ruling party for sparking the violence. The Speaker’s ruling violates the principle of natural justice, Bhunia said. CPM MLAs were angry that their comrades were not given a chance to defend themselves. But Partha Chatterjee said the rules of procedure (Section 347, 348) don’t give scope for self-defence. Speaker was a mute spectator: Left
    Left Front members then rushed the Speaker’s chair, led by Forward Bloc MLA Paresh Adhikary. Deputy Speaker Sonali Guha rose from her chair and started abusing and threatening CPM’s Susanta Besra. To make matters worse, Trinamool MLA Mahamuda Begum chased CPM’s Deblina Hembram and pulled her by the hair. Some male Trinamool MLAs allegedly joined Mahamuda and dragged Debalina to the treasury benches. “Mahamuda Begum pulled me by the hair. Others abused me, and some Trinamool members, including ministers, lifted me and took me to the treasury benches,” Debalina alleged. Mahamuda complained of chest pain and was taken to SSKM Hospital. Trinamool’s Pulak Roy is also among the injured.
    The Left came down heavily on the ruling party. “The Speaker was a mute spectator to the Trinamool violence. He watched how Gouranga Chatterjee was beaten up by members of the treasury benches even as he lay helpless. Instead, the Speaker suspended three CPM MLAs without giving them a chance to defend themselves,” said opposition leader Surjya Kanta Mishra.
    Congress members initially stayed away from the bedlam, but later blamed Trinamool for the “insecurity of members”. The Congress later called on the governor. “The ruling party should be more tolerant of the opposition,” Bhunia said. “During its regime, CPM had encouraged chit funds, but we find no change in the attitude of the present government. According to RBI rules, states have the responsibility of curbing activities of chit funds.”

Manas Bhunia and other Congress MLAs protest against the Assembly turmoil at Raj Bhavan

Letter to West Bengal CM

 

 Fascism under Democracy

 

 

As we always say that there is fascist regime going on in a 'democratic' country -India, here is the proof from an honourable judge!

 

 

 

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Letter to West Bengal CM

Dear Mamataji,

  You must have learnt that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra has ordered the suspension of the police officers who ordered the arrest of the Mumbai girl who posted on Facebook her objection to the shutdown of Mumbai on the death of Bal Thackeray.

I request you to do the same to the policemen who ordered and implemented the arrest of Prof. Mahapatra of Jadavpur University and Siladitya Choudhari, and you should immediately withdraw the cases against them and apologize to them.You should also immediately restore Damyanti Sen, the upright police officer, whom you wrongly victimized,and you should openly apologize to her for your wrong. We are all human beings and we all make mistakes, but a gentleman is one who realizes his mistake and apologizes. You should also apologize to Tanya Bharadwaj whom you insulted on the CNN IBN show.

  I can assure you that if you do so you will go up in the esteem of the people of West Bengal, and indeed the whole country.

 From what I could gather during my visits to Kolkata, your Ministers and bureaucrats are afraid to speak out their minds fearlessly before you, and are terrorized by your unpredictable and whimsical behaviour. To say the least, this is a very unhealthy state of affairs, and you will not be able to remain as Chief Minister for long unless you change your ways and become more tolerant. 

 Kautilya has said in the Arthashastra that a successful ruler is one who appoints good advisers, and listens to their advice. Of course, after listening to their advice it is ultimately for you to take the final decision, but your advisers should feel free to express their opinions fearlessly. In this connection I may mention that Sardar Patel, the first Union Home Minister, told his Secretaries (senior I.C.S. officers ) that they should express their views freely, even if their view is totally different from his own, and he would never take offence. In fact if they do not express their views freely they were of no use to him. This is the way you should also conduct yourself.

 It is still not too late for you if you listen to my advice and change your ways. I am your well wisher, and would like you to do well, and in fact, if you remember, I had praised you at one time. But of late you seem to have become increasingly intolerant and whimsical, which is only going to land you in big trouble.

 Regards

  Justice Katju

Bengal Industries getting sick for extortion by ruling Trinamool Party

Extortion Strangles Haldia Trade

Bengal’s biggest industrial hub is gasping for breath. Toughs owing allegiance to the ruling party are bleeding companies dry. What makes it worse is that there are many factions fighting for the spoils

Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay & Udit Prasanna Mukherji | TNN 17.11.11

Haldia (East Midnapore): Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL), the flagship of neo-industrialisation, decided to slash its fleet of cars as a costcutting measure in October. It could shed the car fleet, but could not get rid of the drivers. Result: HPL is paying out the wages of these idle drivers engaged by contractors. 
    Mitsubishi Chemicals (MCCPTA) lost one manday because Trinamool Congress goons demanded a huge sum from the transporters on Viswakarma Puja. The extortionists backed down only when the news reached the state secretariat. 
    

On November 1, goons punctured more than 2,000 cartons of edible oil at Emami Biotech

On November 1, Emami Biotech officials were shocked to see that goons had punctured more than 2,000 cartons of edible oil with knives or screwdrivers. The oil spilled all over the floor of factory’s packaging shed. A complaint was lodged at Haldia’s Bhawanipore police station. The loss was worth Rs 10 lakh. Police retrieved a poster addressed to the labour contractor threatening him with dire consequences. 
    The state’s biggest industrial hub, Haldia, is in dire straits. And it’s not just the economic downturn. Extortion by toughs owing allegiance to the ruling party has become a rule in Haldia — only the party changes with the change of guard at Writers’ Buildings. 
    There was a time when companies used to dispatch the wage bills of workers to the Haldia Citu office from where workers on contract got their wages. With the CPM hegemony gone, Trinamoolbacked unions are desperate to gain control of this “gold trove”. Unlike the CPM era, there is no one Laxman Seth in the area. The new extortion regime has given birth to many such Seths who have started flexing their muscles at the slightest pretext to have their way. If some of these local touts enjoy the confidence of Trinamool MP Subhendu Adhikary, the budding monarch of Haldia, there are others within the Trinamool to queer Adhikary’s pitch. They all swear by Trinamool MLA Shiuli Saha. Investors ignoring this political parameter are bound to suffer. 
    There is no point looking at a single window solution to this problem. It’s not feasible to come all the way to meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee or send an SOS to industries minister Partha Chatterjee for the daily hazards. The politics here revolves around the small-time leaders looking for short-term gains. They are not bothered with the company’s financial health or its future. They want to get their men absorbed in the company payrolls, and not the other way round. And if someone in the Trinamool-backed labour unions takes a pragmatic stance, he runs the risk of getting outnumbered by his factional rivals. 
    The industry has now become a war front with the threats and sabotage turning into full-scale armed clashes to establish hegemony. 
    Managers of industry are now unable to find a method in the madness. They do not know who to negotiate with on wage disputes or other trade union demands. “There is no end to the wheeling-dealing. If we agree to the demands of one 
    faction, we 
    earn the wrath of the other. And yet another group comes up with another charter of demands with a vengeance. We are facing threats and counter threats. In the Left regime, we knew that dealing with the Citu was the ‘be-all-and-endall’ of the issue. But now it is getting tough by the day,” an industry representative said. 
    The desperate situation has prompted the Haldia Council of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce to convene an emergency meeting on November 30. HPL managing director and Haldia Council’s chairman Partha S Bhattacharyya said: “All industry related matters will be discussed in the meeting.” 
    Prior to this discussion, the industry needs to lend ear to what the Trinamool foot soldiers in Haldia have to say. Haldia town Trinamool Congress vice-president Pintu Bhattacharjee and Trinamool MLA Shiuli Saha went hammer and tongs at party MP Subhendu Adhikary. 
   

In the name of the Trinamool trade union, some people are extorting and amassing personal wealth. Neither the party, nor the labourers are benefited. We are the original flag-bearers of the party when the Trinamool was constantly under attack. But when we sought affiliation of our trade union, we were denied by state-level leaders. We have formed a parallel INTTUC union at each company as we can only protect the interest of workers. Our leader Subhendu Adhikary has brought some hooligans from outside to run the Trinamool labour wing at different units. These hooligans are extorting labourers, extracting ransom from industrialists and selling jobs at a premium 
—Pintu Bhattacharjee | INTTUC LEADER & HALDIA TOWN TRINAMOOL CONGRESS VICE-PRESIDENT

 “We represent the original party. We built the party’s base, brick by brick. But now we find ourselves left behind. Our leader Subhendu Adhikary has brought some hooligans from outside to run the Trinamool labour wing at different units. These hooligans are extorting labourers, extracting ransom from industrialists, selling jobs at a premium,” they said. 

Some opportunistic people, who have come to Trinamool from the CPM, are trying to defame the party and its leader Subhendu Adhikary. We have affiliation. Others who are trying to pass off as the real INTTUC have not been affiliated by the party. What they are doing is unconstitutional. The allegation of extortion against us is baseless 
—Milan Mondal | IINTTUC LEADER

Milan Mondal of the Subhendu faction denied the charge. “Some opportunists from the CPM, who are claiming themselves to be Trinamool workers, have been trying to fish in the murky water. They are trying to defame the party.” However, Mondal admitted that there was some “overdoing”, when specifically asked about the Mitsubishi transporter extortion case. 
When asked about the involvement of dubious characters like Selim, Arman Bhola, Mona Jana and Subal Middadas — all of whom have criminal antecedents — in the trade unions, Mondal saw nothing wrong in it. He described them as “social activists”. “We could not have countered the Citu without them. If you are in danger, they will be the first to come to your rescue. They are the true Trinamool workers. In the Left regime, police booked almost all the leaders worth their salt under heinous sections. So don’t be taken by the police records.” 
    A few days ago, Gokul Tung, a tough of the Shiuli faction, allegedly threatened independent workers agitating at KS Oil gates under the banner of Jana Jagaran Mancha. Tung warned them of a severe beating if they do not come under their fold. 
    If there was any doubt about the Trinamool infighting, hear it in the rivals’ own words. 
    HDA chairman and Tamluk MP Subhendu Adhikary said,” There is no room for confusion. The industry should recognise only affiliated trade unions. Why should it deal with unrecognised ones? There is no truth in the rumours going around. On the contrary, Haldia is experiencing a new dawn with greater productivity, excellent work-atmosphere where both industry and workers can work at peace.” 
    Haldia MLA Shiuli Saha strongly differs. “I am answerable to my people and my voters. I have to raise my voice if my people do not get jobs. If the party MP has his way, why can’t I? I have already written a letter on this to the state leadership,” Saha said. 


BAD FOR BUSINESS
 Haldia is witnessing a new dawn with greater productivity and zero-man day loss. You will hardly find the extortion and blackmailing that existed at the time of Laxman Seth. Citu has been systematically spreading rumours that have no basis 
Subhendu Adhikary | TAMLUK MP & HALDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN 


There is neither democracy, nor impartial administration. We are not allowed to function. We are being attacked. Labourers are losing jobs if they hold red flags. The industry is suffering as it has to satisfy many demands from various factions 
Sudarshan Manna | CITU DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEMBER & CPM’S HALDIA ZONAL SECRETARY 


We are confused. There are two sets of union leaders from the same party, each claiming to be the genuine one. They place separate charters of demand. If we agree to one, the other comes up with a steeper demand. In the Left Front regime, Citu was at least the be-all-and-end-all 
A top industrialist, AFRAID TO BE NAMED 


The demands of the trade unions remind me of the man who killed the goose that gave golden eggs 
Partha S Bhattacharyya | MD, HALDIA PETROCHEMICALS & CHAIRMAN OF HALDIA FORUM OF BENGAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 


Those who have built the Trinamool in Haldia are being ignored. Some dubious outsiders are getting prominence. The state leadership is also giving trade union affiliation to some particular people, not those who fought for the party despite having been beaten up by the CPM workers 
Siuli Saha | HALDIA TRINAMOOL MLA

Law and order worsen in West Bengal due to partisan politics by Mamata Govt.

Son attacked, Dalu blames Trinamool

Subhro Maitra, TNN | Nov 13, 2011, 03.45AM IST

MALDA: Malda South MP Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury's son, MLA Isha Khan Chowdhury, was attacked and bombs were hurled at his car on Saturday. Isha escaped unscathed, but his father blamed Trinamool Congress goons for the attack.

The incident took place at Baishnabnagar, when Isha was on his way to the condolence meeting organized for

Class X student of Biswajit Mandal, who was hacked to death last week. After crossing Mojampur bus stand, a bomb was hurled which exploded metres away from Isha's car. The MLA alleged that he had heard gunshots as well. The driver showed presence of mind and drove away at full speed.

Isha later contacted the local BDO and soon, a police team was sent for his protection. However, Isha alleged after his car crossed a bridge at Sahabajpur, a group of 10 to 12 armed goons emerged from a field and approached his car once again. But this time, his bodyguard and the policemen chased the criminals away.

Isha did not accuse any political party in his complaint, alleging the general law and order situation of the area was very poor.

"Police have been taking some action of late, but they have to be more alert. If the life of an MLA is at stake, it is understandable how common people live," said Isha. His father, however, directly blamed Trinamool Congress. "The CPM goons of this locality have joined Trinamool and they were the ones behind the attack. I'll take it up with the chief minister," he fumed.

Trinamool MLA and minister Sabitri Mitra, however, said, rubbished the allegation.

"No CPM worker joined our party in that area." she said.

Additional SP Shyam Singh said: "We responded promptly after getting a complaint from the MLA." His security was beefed up. We are looking for the goons now."

Trinamul leaders terrorising people in the name of Maoists

Subhendu gives ultimatum to Maoists

Sujoy Khanra TNN 13.11.11

Trinamool MP Subhendu Adhikari at the rally at Kurasole on Saturday

Jhargram: Trinamool Congress revised its rally route in the wake of threats from Maoists, keeping party MP Subhendu Adhikari away from the forest roads at Jhargram on Saturday. Earlier during his meeting at Belpahari, Adhikari had announced to organize a rally from Aguiboni to Birihandi in the outskirts of Jhargram. A major portion of the scheduled route goes through the forest which earned notoriety for Maoist domination. In the past couple of days, four IEDs were recovered from the forest, which raised a major security threat. Police had reasons to believe that Maoists, who had asked people to boycott the Trinamool rally, may target Adhikari’s rally and on Saturday his route was cut short to avoid the forest. 
    Adhikari started his rally from Ektal village football ground at 1pm and walked around three kms to reach Kurasole where the meeting was held. He sounded a warning to Maoist leaders Akash and Bikash: “Either lay down arms or leave Bengal. If you continue the politics of violence, then like CPM leaders you all will be put behind bars.” 
    “Maoists are trying to terrorize people at gunpoint. To foil my meeting, they are planting land mines. But all these can’t resist people from joining our effort to restore peace,” said the Trinamool leader. Jhargram MLA and minister Sukumar Hansda, and two other party MLAs Churamoni Mahato and Srikanta Mahato were also present at the rally. 
    But their presence failed to convince villagers who did not dare to join the rally by defying the Maoist diktat. Nearly 700 additional security force led by Jhargram SP Gaurav Sharma escorted the leaders. Subhendu said that joint forces were no longer playing a partisan role.“People like Ashok Jiban (convener of Maoist-influenced mass organization) are spreading cooked-up stories of torture by joint forces,” said Subhendu. 
    Ashok Jiban, convener of Santras O Durnity Birodhi Mancha in Jangalmahal, alleged that Subhendu’s peace rally was nothing but an effort to dominate villages through Trinamool-led armed vigilant group. “Trinamool leaders mainly Nisith Mahato is threatening people and forcing them to join the rally,” alleged Ashok. 
    Meanwhile, West Midnapore police said that six single barrel guns and nearly 90 kg of explosives were recovered from two Maoist hideouts of Salboni after interrogating Maoist squad members, arrested on Friday. They were produced before the court on Saturday and remanded to police custody for ten days, said Midnapore SP Praveen Kumar Tripathi.

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Durgapur, Nov. 10: A Trinamul leader in Burdwan and his son have been accused of cheating several traders of about Rs 3 crore. About 60 traders in Kanska barged into Trinamul leader Alok Chatterjee’s medicine shop today and roughed him up when they found that his son Smaranjit had disappeared. An FIR has been lodged but there have been no arrests. The duo had collected about Rs 3 crore from traders promising an annual returns of 15 per cent, a police officer said. “Those who invested money with them got their interest till April. But the payments stopped from May.” “Whenever we went to the medicine shop to enquire about the money, Smaranjit threatened us,” said Satya Prasad Keshari, a restaurant owner. Chatterjee, however, said he knew nothing about the investments and his son’s whereabouts. “They have deposited the money with my son. He left home today and I don’t know where he has gone,” he said. State law minister Malay Ghatak has been informed about the matter, a trader said

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OUR CORRESPONDENT  11.11.11

Balarampur (Purulia), Nov. 10: Four members of the Trinamul Congress youth wing were injured when another group from the parent party beat them up, accusing them of “collecting money” for Mamata Banerjee’s Purulia rally tomorrow. About 15 Trinamul workers armed with sticks and rods went to the party’s office in Balarampur and started beating up the six youth wing members. They also ransacked the premises and locked it. “While beating us, the attackers shouted and accused us of collecting money from traders and shopkeepers in the name of Mamata Banerjee’s public meeting in Balarampur tomorrow. They also broke a TV, a dozen chairs, a couple of tables and tore up posters,” said Santosh Das, who was among the two who suffered minor injuries. The other four have been admitted to Balarampur block hospital with injuries in the legs and knees. A police officer downplayed the clash. “We are aware of the incident. But as we are busy with the chief minister’s visit, we will look into it later.” Bholanath Majhi, president of the Trinamul Youth Congress in Balarampur, denied the allegations and accused the party seniors owing allegiance to block Trinamul chief Shristidhar Mahato of extorting money . “Our youth workers did not collect any money. It is the Trinamul members owing allegiance to Shristidhar who are asking for cash. They are collecting Rs 1,000 per trader in Balarampur town,” said Bholanath. The youth wing members have started a campaign against extortion, said Bholanath. “We are using loudspeakers to request people not to pay any money for tomorrow’s rally,” he added. “Mamata Banerjee has instructed that no one should collect money using the party’s name. We believe it was because of our campaign against extortion that Shristidhar’s associates attacked our workers,” said Bholanath. Shristidhar, however, said it was the followers of Bholanath who had been extorting money from traders in the name of the rally. “Bholanath’s followers are extorting money from traders and also campaigning against it. When my followers came to know about this, they went and roughed them up and warned them against collecting money,” said Shristidhar. Mamata rally security About 1,600 police personnel have been deployed at the venue of Mamata Banerjee’s meeting and along the 185km route she will take to reach Balarampur from Durgapur. Police said sniffer dogs were brought in to look for explosives and mine detecting devices were being used. “A total of 1,600 policemen have been deployed. Also, joint forces are maintaining a vigil on the Maoist-infested Ayodhya Hills, about 15km from Balarampur,” an officer said.

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For Kolkata thana rioting, police blame themselves

Madhuparna DasTags : Trinamool workers, CM Mamata Banerjee,Kolkata PolicePosted: Wed Nov 09 2011, 02:18 hrsKolkata:

Two days after a mob of 300 Trinamool workers and supporters stormed a police station in the heart of Kolkata, assaulted policemen and vandalised government and private vehicles, the police have filed a preliminary report of the rioting — and indicted their own men.

The mob, comprising members of two clubs in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s south Kolkata neighbourhood, fought street battles with policemen from Bhowanipore police station who had asked them not to burst crackers outside cancer hospital and a children’s hospital late in the night, and to not block traffic on a major thoroughfare as they took out a boisterous Jagaddhatri Puja immersion procession.

Banerjee landed up personally at the police station on Sunday night, shouted at top Kolkata Police officers, and got two arrested vandals released. The puja in question is organised by an alleged building construction material supplier called Jagannath Sau, who is a close associate of the chief minister’s brother, Baban Banerjee.

Till late on Tuesday, Kolkata Police had not registered a case against the people who attacked the police station. But a preliminary inquiry report prepared by the assistant commissioner of the South division of Kolkata Police is learnt to have indicted officers of the Bhowanipore station for the violence and their failure to control the mob, and criticised them for being rash with those leading the procession.

An officer of the police station has also been booked for misbehaving with the mob, sources said. Top officials declined to speak on the matter.

Significantly, the inquiry report has been prepared without any police officer having visited the area where the Sebak Sangha and the Bhowanipore Players Association clubs are located. Police have not spoken to anyone who was part of the procession and subsequent rioting.

Sebak Sangha is the chief minister’s para club, located at a stone’s throw from her home.

Bursting crackers, playing loud music late in the evening, and blocking main city roads are all illegal under the Police Act and the West Bengal Pollution Control Act.

Police have not booked anyone for violating these laws, or for the rioting and damage to government and private property.

A senior official of the state pollution control board said, “Bursting crackers louder than 90 decibels is prohibited. Bursting crackers or playing loud music in front of a hospital is a violation of the law.

But the PCB cannot start a case against offenders; the police have to do it.”

The rioters damaged windscreens of at least five private vehicles. They vandalised a state transport bus and four motorcycles parked outside the police station, and tried to set them on fire, witnesses said.

The mob assaulted several police personnel, and at least three of them sustained significant injuries. Bhowanipore police station was attacked.

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Inquiry blames police, not rowdies

Bhowanipore Officers Failed To Assess Situation And Became Too Proactive, Says Report

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One of the vehicles damaged by the Mamata's men in front of Bhowanipore police station on Sunday

Kolkata: It is a rare occasion to see a chief minister walking into a police station late in the evening to control an unruly mob. And it is unusual for a CM who believes in not interfering in police’s work. 
    It’s another matter that the clubs which triggered the brawl claim Mamata Banerjee’s own brothers to be their patrons. And police apparently bent backwards to appease their political masters. An internal police inquiry report on Tuesday claimed “police officers” were responsible for the Sunday rampage — which left a dozen of their own men, including the Bhowanipore OC, injured. 
    The report squarely blamed the Bhowanipore OC and a sub-inspector for their “pro-activeness” in attempting to stop the blaring music and bursting of banned firecracker. The report also claimed that the subinspector was not only “headstrong” but his “indecent behaviour” provoked the men in the procession to attack cops, ransack vehicles and stage a roadblock. 
    The report, prepared by ACP (south) Tapas Bose, was submitted to DCP (south) D P Singh. It, however, is contrary to eyewitness accounts of the events as reported in TOI earlier. The report, it appears, is a clear attempt to find scapegoats. 
    It draws instances on the “laid down briefing” to police to handle errant people in a procession to indicate that both the OC and the SI had faltered on job. The report even saysthat as per the laid down brief, the SI had erred in trying to “directly stop the mikes”. These incidentally happened right in front of a hospital —the Chittaranjan Cancer Research Institute. 
    The report says, in such cases police officers have been clearly instructed not to forcibly stop the mikes but to speak to the leader of the processions and reason with them. The SI had clearly defied that trying to stop the loudspeakers himself and even misbehaving with the crowd. It says for such a big procession, the police arrangement was “woefully inadequate” and should have been personally supervised by the OC himself or in his absence at least the additional OC. An SI along with a small force was inadequate to handle such a large procession. The OC, the report said, had completely failed to assess the situation. 
    The report says had things being done “according to the briefing”, a situation which required lathicharge could have been avoided. 
    Though senior officers refused to comment on either the report or its contents, a clear indication emerged that the two officers indicted in the report could face departmental proceedings. However, Bhowanipore now falls in the ambit of the Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency where by-elections are scheduled on November 30. The Election Commission has already issued a notification on November 5 and any further actioning (against any officer) would require sanction of the EC. An officer said the Kolkata Police top brass is unlikely to do so and would wait till the elections are over to shunt out the officer duo.