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In Bengal,the CPM fears a culture of violence it had helped create
This June,the CPM worker in West Bengal is a hunted creature. He will travel in packs and remain on the run,stopping only to take pictures of potential attackers on his mobile camera. Guerrilla tactics are needed in the campaign for the approaching panchayat polls. The advisory distributed by the CPM to its workers suggests a party under siege,its pointed sense of injury directed at the ruling TMC. Already,the Left Front chairman has accused the TMC of intimidation and attacks on CPM cadre filing their nominations for the polls.
This year,a visibly weakened TMC goes to polls,shaken by the recent chit fund scam,its popularity eroded by two years of misgovernment. Not long ago,former chief minister and CPM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said those who had deserted were returning to the party fold. The clouds of poriborton may be gathering again.
