Candid Buddha admits to making mistakes

“We made a mistake in Nandigram and we have corrected it. But,it was not wrong to go for industrialisation. Its target was employment,” he said,adding a section of the peasantry and the people,however,did not accept it.

Bhattacherjee claimed that the achievements of the Left Front government were more than the failures.

Claiming that the Left was the only alternative for the people,he said,”in the interest of the people if there is a mistake in policy we rectify it.”

Urging the party to reach out to the people who had turned their face against the Left Front government,he said “Only the red flag can protect the poor people.”

Without directly naming the Trinamool Congress,he accused it of joining hands with the Maoists and ridiculed its call for change.

“This anarchic party cannot be an alternative. They want change. Change for what? They are taking the help of whoever they can. They have joined hands with those who killed 150 passengers of Jnaneshwari Express,” he said referring to the August 9 rally at Lalgarh called by Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee which has been supported by the Maoists.