Tamluk: West Bengal Chief Minister
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday charged the Trinamool Congress
with hampering development work in East Midnapore, saying the
Opposition party is "not allowing" the setting up of a number
of industries in the district.
"Many companies have expressed interest to set up
factories or plants in East Midnapore district. A private
company has expressed interest to set up a ship building
factory in the district, there are also plans to set up a
nuclear power plant at Haripur in the district but I fear that
the Opposition Trinamool Congress would not allow these plans
to materialise," Bhattacharjee said here.
"I have the same fear about the Nayachar Petrochemicals
hub. The Opposition is thwarting the move to set up the
Nayachar hub," he said.
"What do the opposition want? If they want development of
East Midnapore they should allow industries to be set up in
the district. How can there be any development without
industries," he asked.
The Chief Minister claimed that the panchayats controlled
by the Trinamool Congress are not allowing the government to
prepare the BPL List in East Midnapore whereas in other
districts of the state the work for preparing the BPL list is
going on smoothly.
The Chief Minister took an indirect dig at the Trinamool
Congress, saying "after winning some assembly bypolls, the
Oposition parties are thinking they will have the last word in
all matters of the state".
If the government invites the Trinamool Congress for
discussion on development matters, they do not attend such
meeting, he further charged.
Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister held a meeting
with top district and police officials at Kolaghat but the
Sabhadipati(Head of District Zill Parishad) of East Midnapore,
a Trianamool Congress leader, did not participate in the
meeting though he was invited.
Bhattacharjee alleged that Trinamool Congress workers
attacked a large number of buses which were carrying CPI(M)
supporters for a party meeting in East Midnapore district.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 18:42