The four-page article, titled “Eke e brinte duti kusum,” which translates into “two flowers on a single branch”, largely deals with the plight of Muslims and other backward communities in the state. (Source: PTI)
There is a fresh talk of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee planning a “political rehabilitation” for estranged colleague and former Union minister Mukul Roy, provided he maintains silence and gets a clean chit from the CBI in the Saradha chit fund scam, in which he had been summoned by the agency once.
However, in a move that may upset Mamata’s calculations, Roy has written an article for a magazine, “Udar Akash” (Open Sky), meant for Urdu readership in West Bengal, in which he has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make In India” and “Build Bharat”slogans.
The magazine’s editor, Faruque Ahmed, Wednesday confirmed that Roy has contributed an article for the forthcoming issue, which has now gone to the press. “It has gone for print,”said Ahmed.
The four-page article, titled “Eke e brinte duti kusum,” which translates into “two flowers on a single branch”, largely deals with the plight of Muslims and other backward communities in the state.
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The concluding paragraph of he article, accessed by The Indian Express, may come as a shocker for Mamata. In the write-up, Roy narrates how the “Make In India” and “Build Bharat” slogans are apt for the present times and how “one would wait to see its success.”
The paragraph seems to be a tribute to Modi and resonated what his TMC colleague Dinesh Trivedi had said about the Prime Minister some time back at a programme in Gujarat.
Roy’s observations about opposition to industry in the same paragraph may also be read in the context of the Singur agitation. “There are opposing and contradictory views on industry. But I am just not the one to indulge and live in an anti-industry fantasy even before an industry has come up,” Roy writes.
The article, however, also talks about “total upliftment” of the Muslims and other backward communities in West Bengal. Criticizing the politics done by the Left Front during its 35-year rule in state, Roy has written that “there is little scope for playing the vote bank politics again”.
In a comment that seems to be targeted at Mamata, Roy writes that distribution of some bicycles will not uplift the fortune of the poor and marginalized Muslims. The development of minorities and other backward communities will have to be judged by international parameters like health, education and work opportunities. And if anyone is to offer these opportunities, it is inevitable to invite foreign investments in infrastructure, Roy writes.
The four-page article, titled “Eke e brinte duti kusum,” which translates into “two flowers on a single branch”, largely deals with the plight of Muslims and other backward communities in the state. (Source: PTI)
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