
CALCUTTA, FEBRUARY 2: The Communist Party of India Marxist has decided to begin a stocktaking of the state government8217;s performance at a high-level meeting attended by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and his senior party colleagues in the ministry.
The meeting assumes significance as it has drawn out a detailed time-bound action plan to implement the state government programmes in the social and economic sectors for the betterment of the socio-economic conditions of the people.
Apparently embarrassed over the Opposition tirade on non-performance8217; on the socio-economic sector, as also the huge unemployment, the CPM instructed party leaders in the government to review the performance and expedite the process of plugging the loopholes in the socio-economic sector.
During the meeting, while Basu stressed the need to complete the developmental programmes with 8220;speed and accountability8221;, his deputy in the Left Front, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya told his party colleagues in the government to work out an 8220;annualaction plan8221; for the programmes which should be prepared and listed on the basis of priority.
Basu, calling for review of government8217;s performances on these developmental programmes, also asked his party colleagues in the government to 8220;embrace a sense of purpose and professionalism.8221;
Conscious of the state government8217;s criticism by the Opposition for its failure to arrest unemployment and the decline of the industry in the state, the party leaders in the Government also stressed the need to explain to the people about the 8220;fruits of success during its rule over two decades.8221;
Hinting at which the party often termed as 8220;bourgeois class-inspired disinformation campaign against the Left Front Government8221;, Basu and other leaders urged the party members to tell the people about the limitations under which the administration performed all these years.
The action plan, which plans 8220;to reintroduce reward and censure8221; the huge state government work-force in terms of performance and non-performance,identified that the area of focus should be 8220;the continuity of land reform, repair of roads, measures to arrest the damages wrought by the floods, village electrification programmes8221;.