WB Govt must go ahead with industrialisation: Basu

Kolkata, July 20: Accusing the opposition of hindering the industrialisation process in West Bengal, veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu today asserted that the Left Front Government would push ahead with its move.

''They are doing what they wish to do...they are not allowing industrialisation to take place. But we shall do it,'' he told reporters after attending the CPI(M) state Secretariat meeting.

The comments of the CPI(M) patriarch came few days after he alleged that the opposition was not playing a responsible role and called for cooperation to the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government for all the 'good work' being done.

Mr Basu, who had an impromptu meeting with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee at his residence last month, asked the fiesty leader to hold dialogues with the chief minister to end the political deadlock on setting up a small car factory and a chemical hub at Singur and Nandigram respectively.

He had regretted that the Trinamool Congress supremo was not inclined to pay heed to his advice and go for a negotiated settlement of the differences.

Even though the Government pulled out of Nandigram with its plan for setting up of the proposed chemical hub, the issue was made a plank for campaign by a combined opposition that chalked out a significant victory over the Front in the recent municipal election at Panskura near Nandigram.

Spurred by the success, the Congress-Trinamool-BJP combine put up common candidates against the Front nominees also in the adjoining Haldia which goes for municipal election tomorrow.

However, Mr Basu asserted that the Left Front would retain control over Haldia municipality, even with lesser majority.

''We shall win. But last time we won all the seats there. I can not say whether we will be able to retain all those seats,'' he said.

UNI