I wonder if the position expressed by the CITU leadership in West Bengal
would also be applicable in Goa?
Sachin Phadte.
Buddhadeb gets Citu's lal salaam
Author: Sanjay Basak
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: March 13, 2007
URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/story/25533.html
The general secretary of the party's trade union wing, CITU's M K Pandhe,
has come out in support of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee on his industrialisation policy and slammed allies who have
been critical of the Chief Minister.
"We are not building socialism," Pandhe told The Financial Express here
today in an echo of what the Chief Minister himself has said on several
occasions. "We are working within the policy of capitalism. And within this
framework, the West Bengal government is compensating the working class. At
this juncture, West Bengal cannot ignore Tata or any other industry."
"Whatever policy Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is pursuing, is approved by us,"
said Pandhe. "We can oppose any deviation that will go against the working
class."
Pandhe's support comes at a crucial time when the CM has faced opposition
from the CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc, apart from rivals Congress and
Trinamool.
Pandhe even criticised the allies: "The decision to bring investment in
Singur was taken before the Assembly polls. And all these Left parties, who
are now opposing it, were party to that decision." "We are not against
industrialisation. We are against exploitation," he said.
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