Uproot CPI-M for WB development: Mamata

Kolkata, Jul 21: Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said overall development of West Bengal is not possible until Communist Party of India –Marxist (CPI-M) is completely uprooted from the state.

'CPI-M backed Left Front government does not want West Bengal to develop. Trinamool can't tolerate this kind of manipulation. But unless this government is voted out, we can't do any developmental work here,' said Banerjee, addressing a huge gathering at the party's annual 'Martyr's Day' programme at Esplanade area here.

'We will overhaul the entire system if people vote us to power in the 2011 Assembly Elections. There will be a boom of industry as well as agriculture…there will be work for everyone…a perfect and transparent government that will work for 'Maa, Maati, Maanus' (mother, soil and people),' Banerjee said.

Accusing CPI-M for its 'criminal activities' at Nandigram, Singur and more recently, Mangalkot, Banerjee said it will no longer be able to fool and terrorise people to vote for them.

'West Bengal has proved that CPI-M is not unbeatable…we have shown them their right place at the Panchayat polls, Lok Sabha elections and Municipal polls. Now, we will teach them a lesson in the Assembly elections so that the goons of the party will carry placards saying-'We are not CPI-M'.'

Banerjee also requested party-workers not to call bandhs over trivial issues.

'All party activists will have to take permission of higher officials before calling a bandh (shutdown). We will not call bandhs over trivial issues like other parties do… we can't harass people . '

City-based intellectuals, including painter Subhaprasanna, singer Nachiketa and writer-cum- social activist Mahasweta Devi, also shared the dais, along with party activists.