Trinamool Congress chairperson and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s stand on issues including foreign direct investment in retail is an instance of her “pseudo-Left” politics, West Bengal Left Front Committee chairman Biman Bose said on Monday.
“When FDI was first introduced by the National Democratic Alliance government, of which the Trinamool was a constituent, she never opposed it… Why did she not oppose it then and why is she opposing it now?” he asked at a CPI(M) rally here.
Mr. Bose said Ms. Banerjee became vocal on these issues only to convince the people that she was also part of the movement and that she worked in the interests of the people. “There is a wider conspiracy behind her opposition,” he said adding she was perhaps acting on the advice of officials of the U.S.. “The U.S. has told her that it will be possible to endear herself to the people of this country if she publicly opposes the U.S.”
Ms. Banerjee was now in New Delhi for a demonstration there on several issues including FDI in retail, Mr. Bose said, alleging “she has stayed away from Kolkata to avoid this rally.”
Keywords: FDI in retail, Trinamool pull out, UPA, Congress-Trinamool rift, CPI(M)
Ridiculous argument which exposes the CPI(M)'s intellectual bankruptcy and perennial reliance on nonsensical conspiracy theories.
This is the age of Psuedo politics! Suddenly, Mamata will be more left than CPM, BJP will be more secular than the Congress etc! The reality is that everything that Mamata accused the Left of doing in West Bengal, she has carried out to perfection. Remember the TMC goons who would beat up people and the rail disruptions she blamed on the Marxists to divert attention from her own thugs. Mamata will try every trick to stay in power. It is a shame that all the euphoria of turfing out the Communists will be a one time wonder!
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