Kolkata, September 01: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and communist patriarch Jyoti Basu said opposition parties Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its ally Congress, along with Maoists are trying to spread terror in the state.
In his written speech read out by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) state secretary Biman Bose, Basu said: “Trimaool, Congress and Maoists are trying to stop development in West Bengal through anarchy and terror. We have to counter their efforts by mobilizing common people…they know who are their friends and who their foe.”
Basu asked his partymen to win back the support of people through ‘understanding their needs’.
“In the last Lok Sabha election many voted against us. We have to correct our mistakes. We have to bring them back to our fold. We have also to regain their confidence. The people are our hope in difficult times.
“We should not lose confidence on the people,” the veteran politician said.
Basu also accused Trinamool, Congress and Maoists for killing CPI-M activists and setting their houses on fire in the districts.
–IANS–