Originally posted by: hermione82
Jyoti Basu was a pakka politicianHe was extremely ruthlessHe started the scientific rigging in IndiaVotes were looted..literally...Remember in Jyoti Basu's days print and television media were not strong enough to cover what CPIM did...There were much violence in rural areas...Do read about the Bantala incident regards to an Unicef women and Jyoti Basus comment on that...He is the one who opposed computer..he is the one who stopped English in primary sectionHe literally demolished two-three generations and forced them to shift to other statesJyoti base surely would have defeated that year but CPIM think tanks brought in Buddhadeb at that time who had an squanky clean image as politician..Even Mamata was so sure of winning..But Buddha won..He was a different human being with visionHe mobilized the Bengal industrialization, started IT sector jobs...given much needed land to corporates. But he was much in urban development and he was a typical bengali bhodrolok. So couldn't tackle a seasoned politician like Mamata..Also there's no denying of mamata's extraordinary fight..Its not an easy job to defeat left in Bengal...she did that..buddadeb said sorry for Singur Nandigram incident but people thought him of a weak person. With intellectuals and media support Mamata came to power and rest is history..None misses Jyoti Basu except Mamata herself may be..He has started the goon politics in west bengal from which its still suffereing..
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