Security failure led to blasts: Basu

Kolkata, Sep 13 (UNI) Veteran CPI (M) leader Jyoti Basu today blamed intelligence failure for the Malegaon blasts, warning that similar incidents could happen in West Bengal too.

''There was failure of the intelligence, '' he told reporters reacting to the Malegaon blasts, in which 37 people were Rilled.

''We must take lessons from the blast and be careful here too (West Bengal). It can happen here also, '' he said after attending the two-day CPI (M) Polit Bureau meeting that ended today.

To a question, Mr Basu said he was unhappy with the performance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre, enjoying outside support from the Left parties.

''I am not quite satisfied, '' he said in a terse reply to a question.

Later, party General Secretary Prakash Karat told reporters that they would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after his return from the NAM summit in Havana to know about the Government's reply to the assessment the Left parties had made on the UPA Government's performance.

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