Oust corrupt TMC:CPM tells Bengal

Those who promised 'paribartan' are in jails on corruption charges, says youth wing leader

- PRANAB MONDAL

GIVING a clarion call ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the CPM on Sunday asked the people of West Bengal, who previously supported the Trinamool Congress, to join the party's fight against the corruption orchestrated by the state's ruling party, which is also a Left Front's INDIA alliance partner.

Addressing a massive rally in Brigade Parade Ground, Kolkata's prime seat to organise protest programmes, Minakshi Mukherjee, the state president of CPM's youth wing DYFI, which contested against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, said, "Our hands are extended to welcome those who once supported the TMC with a hope that it would bring changes but got disappointed because of corruption in the government. You thought an angel would come from the sky and bring paribartan (changes). But now you are witnessing many of the ruling party leadership are facing charges of corruption. They are now sleeping on the floor of jails for snatching away your rights.