Trinamool silent on Ramdev crackdown

Earlier,representatives of the state unit of Bharat Swabhiman Trust met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat home before joining the fast with Baba Ramdev. The representatives claimed that the CM had promised that they would not face any problem from the administration.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has herself held prolonged hunger strikes,spanning over 26 days,demanding the return of land to farmers at Singur in 2006. This was long before Anna Haraze and Baba Ramdev used hunger strike as a tool to protest.

However,the reason why some Trinamool leaders remain silent is that before the West Bengal Assembly polls Ramdev had come to the state and called for a change,lending overt support to Mamata. Mamata is honest,she has struggled against corruption and atrocities. I am for political change in Bengal. Mamata should be given a chance, he had announced.

This is not the first time that the Trinamool has remained silent on crucial situations faced by the UPA government,say the partys rivals. On many important issues at the national level the Trinamool Congress has not come out with statements. Be it the Maoists or Baba Ramdev,their politics is closely guarded, said CPM leader Md Selim.