Mamata now focuses on Goghat

“It is not only in Mangalkot that the CPM is unleashing terror and indulging in the politics of murder. In Goghat,houses of our supporters were burnt down. We have therefore decided to send a team to the area to visit the people and gauge the ground realities,” said Banerjee at her residence in Kalighat on Sunday.

The Trinamool team will also visit various villages in Goghat area and talk to the people. According to sources,Banerjee plans to send teams to various parts of the state,which are witnessing political violence,and highlight the issue before the Assembly elections in 2011. After the team submits a report on Goghat,Banerjee plans to send the report along with those on other instances of violence to the Union Home Ministry. “Sending our team has two benefits — our supporters would get the courage to resist the CPM and a grass root level report will be available,which will be sent to the Centre,” said a senior Trinamool leader.

AICC turns its attention to Bengal

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has started showing a keen interest in the activities of the state Congress after the attack on its MLAs at Mangalkot.

The AICC general secretary in charge of West Bengal,K Keshav Rao,on Sunday met the leaders of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) and enquired from them about the action taken by the Marxist government against those who had attacked a team of Congress legislators at Mangalkot on July 15. WBPCC working president Subrata Mukherjee and leader of the Congress Legislative Party Manas Bhuniya were among those who met Rao on Sunday.

Congress sources said Rao had expressed his satisfaction over the way the state party leadership had launched protests against the ruling Marxists. He also suggested that the state Congress leaders revive the party organisation before the 2011 assembly elections in the state.