Post-poll violence shadows CPM’s Bengal meet

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee came under an indirect attack from party members for running a weak state administration that,many felt,failed to deliver. The Khejuri violence was used by many to prove how the police administration had collapsed and there was no rule of law. A defeated MP form North 24-Parganas said: “The weakness of the Government and the administration had been taken as a weakness of our party.”

The CM,who also spoke during the day,admitted that the administration had signs of weakness and inefficiency.

Prakash Karat and Biman Bose would address the meeting on Friday,said party sources.

Even Sitaram Yechury reacted sharply to the Trinamool Congress’s aggression. “The Trinamool Congress has resorted to undemocratic ways to spread its influence. Thirty years ago,the people of West Bengal had rejected the Opposition party and they will reject them again,” Yechury told reporters.

“Of course,we will not go for counter-violence. We will face them politically and our party will take a decision in this regard at the state committee meeting,” CPM central committee member Md Salim told reporters. “They (Trinamool) have won the Lok Sabha elections and they might win more elections in the coming days. But they should restrain themselves. Otherwise,it is difficult to predict what will happen in the future.”