Left Front Goverment of West Bengal

I just read an interesting article by Mridul De on Ganashakti, a mouthpiece of the ruling CPI-M government of West Bengal. To some extent I would agree with the author that the Congress Party does not really stand for anything, especially in West Bengal since the 1970's.

I think that the CPI-M under Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (current Chief Minister) are working and will continue to work hard to "right" the "wrong's" of Bengal's inefficient past (under the 27-year leadership of Jyoti Basu). I find that he is a more of a pragmatist and long-term vision oriented rather than just a "mere communist". I think we will see the rise of 21st century socialism...where governments work for the betterment for their own people by providing various social programs, such as education, housing etc... but also keeping the sustainable future in mind too.

I am a "pragmatist" supporter of CPI-M who advocates developing social programs for benefit of the community, as well as investing TODAY..to reap the benefits in the FUTURE....like what Mohammad Yunus does. I think Left Front government will continue to be elected by the people of Bengal because there is no credible opposition party/parties. Because of this, the opposition parties just resort to publicity stunts from time to time and also engage in "dirty", communal and vote bank politics. The Left appeals to all Bengalis because it governs for the people and in their best interests.

P.S. Once again, you can check out the article by clicking on the post title.