Monday, August 24, 2009

Expanded Metro and Frustrated Politics

After the long lone wait Metro rail started rolling from Tollygunj to Garia bazar since yesterday. I had my first ride today and it was such a relief for the daily commuters like us. From Naktala (Geetanjali) to Rabindra Sarovar only in 10 minutes...gosh...the regular jostling for autos, then traffic snarl, then the pollution and the inevitable late....I am now spared of that Horror. thanks to our railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee. whatever the CPI(M) may say, u did it for us and thats thats the thing all will remember.
It was rather shocking, or should I spare that too, because shock is I guess no longer the term to be associated with the ruling party....to see the CHief Minister, The self-professed champion of Bengali culture and intelligentsia...blurting out venom against the actually acting minister. in Bengali there is a term "bhaat debar murod nei, keel marar gosai"( u don't have the capacity to feed but u never fall short of beating)...CPI(M) and the government it heads is following this line.
This is nothing but utter frustration, 33 years of complete non-performance......33 years of incompetence....33 years of torture, of corruption and gradual and steady down slide of the state. the party got the toughest drubbing at the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, in the just concluded Assembly by-elections. it is frustrated to see that not only the general people leaguing behind Mamata, also the Bengali film fraternity, which he once counted as his strongest constituency, too is quing up...and not for nothing.,.....she delivers
Its 3 months she took over as the Railway Minister and she has shown how a department can be used to help the state and work for the people. the CPI(M) is now unnerved. Its can sense the plight that ts going to face in the forthcoming Assembly polls and more awaiting if Mamata goes on her develpoment drive in this way....who cares what the CPI(M) is telling?...we are helped and relieved....thanks to didi

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