CPIM Darjeeling constituency candidate
Saman Pathak said the ‘silent mandate’ will be a game changer during the
LS poll results on May 16 and believes a lot of those votes will be in
favour of his party. Stressing the importance of respecting the
sentiments of the people, he said, “The people have voted for the party
that will work for them and we have always worked for the benefit of the
people.”
Recalling the Left Front rule in the
state, Pathak said his party had brought a lot of development in the
hills. “It will all be clear when the results will be announced on
Friday. Everyone will know who the people of the hills have favoured for
and who they believe is capable to lead them for the next five years,”
he claimed.
Meanwhile, Darjeeling DYFI president
Ramesh Kadaria said a party which fights the elections in the name of
religion and caste will never win the election. “A party that is free of
any religious biasness and works in favour of the people will be the
winner. Communist party will not only win the Darjeeling seat, but will
also win many seats in other parts of the country,” he claimed. He also
said even if the party loses the elections, it will not cease to work
for the benefit of the people.
Hitting on the ruling TMC government,
Kadaria said, “TMC has not been able to do anything in the hills. Mamata
Banerjee’s government is not trying to bring development in the hills,
but has created a division among the people.” On the issue related to
Panchayat elections, he said DYFI demands the state government to make
amendment to recognise GTA as a constitutional body before conducting
the three tire election. “If this is not done, panchayat elections would
not mean anything. It will just be another ploy by the Mamata
government and people should be aware about that,” the DYFI leader
added.
He further said if the Panchayat
elections are not held in a proper manner, the rural populace will be
the ones to suffer. Claiming the government’s negligence on the rural
populace, Kadaria alleged, “TMC government in the name of development is
doing rampant corruption and is filling its pocket. The Rs130 crore
worth Teesta-Rangeet Hydal Project, meant for the benefit of the rural
areas of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong, along with other major
projects were announced by Mamata herself. However, all these
announcements were false and were only meant to fool the people of the
hills.”
Kadaria also questioned why the
government has not done anything on the issue related to chit fund
scams, where the rural people of the hills have lost about Rs.150 crore.
“The state government has failed miserably in the hills and the
repercussions of that will be faced by the party when the results will
be announced this week,” he added.(EOIC)