Well Done Buddha – Great Work On Nandigram

We all condemn violence - be it in Nandigram or anywhere across the world. But, violence is a necessity at times. When we defend our border with Pakistan or wage a violent war for a barren hill called Kargil, then it takes the flavor of nationalism and patriotism. Then why are Nandigram and Buddhadeb being criticized? Nandigram is not a barren hill, and much worth fighting for. And the enemy here is Maoists and criminals of Trinamool Congress who had laid siege over the area since the last 10 months. Buddhadeb has shown considerable patience to try and reason with these elements to leave the area, but finally he had no choice. The State Police Intelligence report had clearly shown the influx of the Maoists. They had been training the goonda elements in warfare. Buddha did what he should have done much before. Cleanse the dirt. What choice does anybody have, if armed criminals enter your house and throw you out proclaiming your house as their own? Anybody will take to arms to clean them up. Well done Buddha.

As for the Intellectuals, who stay closeted in Kolkatta and have no contact with the ground reality, I only ask them – Where were they when the Maoists and Trinamool criminals were ravaging Nandigram ten months back?

Why is Mamata quiet on Nandigram?

One fails to understand on the first go, why Mamata who throws a fit at the fall of a pin, is totally silent on the Nandigram Issue. The real reason however is not so difficult to comprehend. Mamata is maintaining a studied silence on the whole issue, except for a spectacle of tendering her resignation to the – Ahem! - Prime Minister. The question is why this sudden change? The change is very evident. The killers who are being evicted from the Nandigram area are not residents and farmers of the area, but the group of people who have been in control of those lands since last march are actually the Maoists. The gun totting Maoists whose main core comprise of wanted criminals and who are being funded by the coal mafia of the neighboring areas are the ones who are being flushed out and evicted from Nandigram. It doesn’t take much brain to figure out that had it been a flush out of residents and the local people then the situation would have simply gone out of control and a mass uprising and mutiny unparallel in independent India’s history would have been unraveling by now. The whole country would be up and watching and every tv channel and newspaper would have by now made the centre to declare a state of emergency in West Bengal and it would surely be under Presidents rule by now. The very shooting and the resultant death of peasants last year in Nandigram had sent shivers down the spine of every Indian. Every media was airing the incident day in and day out. If it was the same and similar case as rumors turned grapevine stories which are appearing in few print media are to be believed, then how is that the tv channels are away and of all the people Mamata is quiet? If it was the CPM versus the BUPC and Trinamool Congress who were fighting in this war zone, then we all know Mamata histrionics would have been at its shrillest and highest pitch. But Mamata’s silence itself is the answer as to the real picture and happenings in west Bengal at this moment in time. Its for the best of each and every resident of Nandigram that the Maoists are eveicted at the earliest, so the local people can return home safely after almost 8 months.

We hope that in a few days time the anti social elements will be out and peace and prosperity shall once again return to the lives of Nandigram folks.