I am CM, but CPI(M) man too: Buddha

When a mediaperson said his logic sounded exactly like that of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, who had said after the post-Godhra riots that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, Bhattacharjee declined to comment.

He also attacked a journalist from a local Bengali paper that had sharply criticised the government’s action. “Your paper would have been shut by now if it was in any other state. But I don’t want to dirty my hand by doing such an act,” he said.

Asked if his government would send CPI(M) cadres to deal with similar law and order problems elsewhere in the state, the CM replied: “I hope such a situation would not arise again. Let us hope for the best. I sincerely hope things will change for the better in Nandigram.”