CM tells partymen to shun partisan attitude

KOLKATA: Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has advised the senior panchayat functionaries and district CPM leaders to rise above partisan approach and involve even supporters of Trinamul Congress and the Congress in developmental activities of the panchayats.
At a closed door meeting at the Alimuddin Street headquarters of the CPM on Friday evening, the CM told Zilla Parishad sabhadhipatis, saha sabhadhipatis, district party secretaries and other party leaders to ensure that fruits of development should not reach the ruling party supporters alone but to the sympathizers of the Opposition parties as well.
The CM categorically asked his party leaders not to encourage political bitterness with the rivals and instead to involve all the people, specially those from the poorer sections in various works of the panchayats.
Aware that partisan attitude of CPM was a major cause for isolation of a section of the rural population from the Left Front, the CM said development would not be possible unless people of all political hues were involved in the process.
CPM state Secretary Anil Biswas said on Saturday that even in Murshidabad and Malda, where the Left Front lost to the Opposition in the Zilla Parishad elections, the CPM would play a constructive role and would help the ruling parties in their developmental activities.
In a six point guideline, placed by Panchayat Minister Surjya Kanta Misra in the meeting, the CPM directed the financially cripple panchayats to give maximum privilege to the poorest section of the people.
To remove opposition from within the a section in the party to foreign aid, the CPM said that there was no need to suffer from an inferiority complex while accepting aid from abroad.
In the guideline, the CPM also said that priority would be given to the spread of education and health facilities in the rural areas. It also suggested formation of self help groups and asked the panchayat office bearers to guide them in catering to the needs of the local markets.
The party would organize general body meetings all over the state to guide the newly elected panchayat functionaries in performing their duties properly. The Left Front would also organize similar meetings with elected representatives of the Left Front.