Ilambazar (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday alleged that the Maoists from
neighbouring Jharkhand were committing crime in the state.
"They (Maoists) come from Jharkhand and commit crime
here. Your district is also adjacent to Jharkhand. So you must
be alert," Bhattacharjee told a party meeting here in Birbhum
district.
The district is close to the Maoist-affected state of
Jharkhand.
"The government in Jharkhand is weak so they have failed
to combat Maoist activities. There the Maoists can do whatever
they like. But here we are trying our best," he claimed while
appealing to the people to be aware of Maoist activities.
"The Maoists talk about welfare of the poor but they
killed a number of poor people. We will prevent these
activities as we had fought against the Naxalites in seventies
and succeeded," Bhattacharjee said.
The chief minister alleged that the Trinamool Congress
was trying to win everything by force - whether it is school
committee of a cooperative society election - after its Lok
Sabha results.
PTI
First Published: Friday, February 19, 2010, 21:32