12-18-2012, 06:53 AM
KOLKATA: Never has the BJP emerged as a real danger to the CPM in Bengal as now, prompting all front-ranking leaders, such as Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Biman Bose, to revisit their primers and tweak the party tactic accordingly.
According to district leaders in South and North 24-Parganas, the BJP is making inroads among the poor backward castes in Minakha, Haroa, Bongaon and large border stretches.
The issue is likely to be discussed at the two-day CPM state committee meeting that began at the Alimuddin Street headquarters on Monday. The 'alarming trend' has been duly noted at the meeting that has been called to take stock of the ground reality in rural Bengal on the eve of the panchayat polls .
On the one hand, CPM organisers at the grassroots are finding it tough to choose women candidates for the 30,000 odd seats in the three-tier panchayat system, when many party workers fear renewed attacks by the Trinamool in the run-up to the election.
"In many areas we are not being able to provide security to villagers willing to contest the panchayat polls on our behalf. A section of them is switching to the BJP," a CPM state committee member said, pointing to the recent developments in the remote islands of South and North 24-Parganas where security is a question mark
According to district leaders in South and North 24-Parganas, the BJP is making inroads among the poor backward castes in Minakha, Haroa, Bongaon and large border stretches.
The issue is likely to be discussed at the two-day CPM state committee meeting that began at the Alimuddin Street headquarters on Monday. The 'alarming trend' has been duly noted at the meeting that has been called to take stock of the ground reality in rural Bengal on the eve of the panchayat polls .
On the one hand, CPM organisers at the grassroots are finding it tough to choose women candidates for the 30,000 odd seats in the three-tier panchayat system, when many party workers fear renewed attacks by the Trinamool in the run-up to the election.
"In many areas we are not being able to provide security to villagers willing to contest the panchayat polls on our behalf. A section of them is switching to the BJP," a CPM state committee member said, pointing to the recent developments in the remote islands of South and North 24-Parganas where security is a question mark