forasmuch, both were partners in crime.on 1 hand sidarth, (now doing lyke wake)as CM in mid 70s, slaughtered umpteen brainy in the guise of stamping out naxal movement, on the other hand, jyoti as longest serving CM of any state (which is his only claim to fame)ensured that even "rising from ashes" for WB would be a Sisyphean task in years to come. both these folk devils deserved to be pilloried.
One can cite Jyoti Basu’s contributions to Bengal. They are threefold: Firstly, he implemented the seemingly impossible agricultural holdings reforms. This brought about a positive impact on the rural poor. Second, he provided political stability to a tumultuous state. But simultaneously he also inadvertently institutionalized “the right to public protest for any cause”
One can witness state sponsored bandhs at the drop of the hat. The cumulative result was a colossal loss of some thousands of crores. Obviously the opposition would replicate it thrice over. Recently the sponsors of such a bandh did not even allow fire brigades to help while some slums were on fire. This resulted in the ultimate flight of capital from the state. Industry languished.
The legacy of “the right to public protest for any cause” is now in the hands of Mamta Banerjee, whose unreasonable opposition saw the first major industrial investment to the state shifting to another better managed state Gujarat.
Jyoti Basu did not initiate any reforms either towards the economic recovery or agricultural development of the state which could have resulted in the socio-economic development of Bengal’s people during this period of political stability. There were no strategies for mass employment; housing or even education for that matter. The communist bosses presided over a banana state.
In fact, Jyoti Basu shall have to face the blame squarely for Bengal's all round failure. Can
