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Left Front accuses Mamata of hobnobbing with Maoists | Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Sitaram Yechhury on Wednesday accused Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee of hobnobbing with the rebels in the train hijacking incident of Wednesday. Yechury told media said the needle
of suspicion pointed at her and it required a probe into the role of the minister
and her ministry in the latest train-seizure drama. He mentioned that the pro
Maoist orgnisation leader, Chhatradhar Mahato, whom the rebels wanted to be freed,
is a former member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party led by Mamata. "Ever
since she (Mamata Banerjee) became the Railway Minister, Maoists have carried
out many attacks on railway tracks and stations. Everybody knows that in West
Bengal she is fighting against the Left Front government (headed by CPM) along
with Maoists in political alliance," Yechury said. "Chhatradhar Mahato, who Maoists
were demanding to be released after seizing the train, is a former member of Trinamool
Congress. We don't know what role the Railway Ministry has in releasing him. They
need to probe into this. We are requesting the Prime Minister that this is no
ordinary thing. Railway protection is a question of hundreds of thousands people's
safety," Yechury added. He also charged Banerjee of being in alliance with the
Maoists. "She (Mamata Banerjee) is in political alliance with Maoists. And because
of this she thinks it's her responsibility to protect them. Kishanji, a leader
of Maoists has openly said in media that he wants Mamata to be the next Chief
Minister of West Bengal. If he makes such a remark openly, it's clear that there
is an alliance between Trinamool and Maoists," added Yechury. Meanwhile, in Kolkata,
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, rejecting the demand for release
of the Maoist leader, said there was a need to bring back the distracted and misled
poor youth into the mainstream. "Because of politics some poor people have been
excluded from the BPL (below poverty line). It cannot be tolerated. They must
be included. The parameter of including them in the list is their socio-economic
condition and not their political background," Bhattacharjee said. |
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