The allegation finds a sound proof. That the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been maintaining a close tie with the Maoist has been admitted by no other than the TMC MP Kabair Suman. In his latest book titled “Nisaner Nam Tapasi Malik” Kabir Suman unambiguously stated that the TMC leader and the Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee recently held a secret meeting with Maoist leaders at the TMC office on E.M.Bypass in Kolkata. Kabair Suman has dedicated his book to top Maoist leader Kishenji under whose leadership Maoists in Jangalmahal of Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia have been resorting to armed attacks on their political opponents, killing innocent villagers and extorting money at gun point.
It is surprising how Kabair Suman being an MP of a political party which is a partner of a coalition government at the Centre repeatedly describing Maoist problem as a biggest threat to the country could dedicate his book to Kishenji. It may be noted that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in his recent letters to the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has raised allegations against TMC-Maoist nexus in the State. Bhattacharjee has alleged that while the TMC in the past had been maintaining secret contacts with the Maoists it is “now openly organizing meetings with them.”
It is presumed that one point of time Kabir Suman had difference with the TMC leadership and he is a “rebel” in the party but in reality he is enjoying much confidence of Mamata Banerjee. That his relation with Mamata Banerjee is extremely good has been evident in his book written by Kabair Suman. Kabair Suman is frank in his writing saying on the eve of Parliament elections in 2009 a meeting was called at Suvaprasanna’s residence at Raichak which was attended by some RSS, BJP workers as well as some members of foreign diplomatic missions in Kolkata. At that meeting Mamata Banerjee offered “me the party nomination,” Kabir Suman writes
Maoists announce terms “to maintain alliance” with Mamata
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) in a statement on Tuesday claimed that it intends to maintain its “alliance” with the Trinamool Congress on condition that the latter's leader Mamata Banerjee opposes ‘Operation Green Hunt' and resigns from the Union Cabinet. A faxed statement dated December 31 and signed by regional Maoist leader Bikram also claimed that Ms. Banerjee had spoken to senior Maoist leaders over telephone several times in the past to discuss ways to “resist CPI (M) cadres”. The contention only gives credence to CPI (M) charges of a Trinamool Congress-Maoist nexus in West Bengal.
Incidentally, Bikram's assertion of Ms. Banerjee's telephonic conversation comes within days of his claiming that he had spoken to All India Forward Bloc's State secretary Ashok Ghosh a few times. Mr. Ghosh, however, had categorically refuted the Maoists' claim and challenged the rebels to furnish phone call records to substantiate it.
“Starting from the Singur movement and Nandigram movement to the Lalgarh movement, we have fought alongside the Trinamool Congress against the police and CPI (M) harmads… Ms. Banerjee had protested against Azad's killing and deployment of Central forces and we had supported her. Our alliance continues till date since the people also want it,” Bikram stated. Bikram, however, pointed out that Ms. Banerjee was not making any effort to restrain her party leaders from dabbling in corruption and thus allowing the ruling party to take “advantage of her series of mistakes”.
Alleging that Trinamool Congress-run Panchayats, Municipalities and Zila Parishads are neck-deep in corruption, he said the party would not be able to retain its credibility. He also criticised the Trinamool Congress' alliance with the Congress and asserted that the latter's anti-people policies would negatively impact its ally's integrity before people.
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