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Should not have spoken out in public on Subhas, says Basu

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Posted: Apr 12, 2008 at 0150 hrs IST

Kolkata, April 11 Former chief minister Jyoti Basu, who is pushing hard for a berth in the state secretariat or even the Central Committee for his loyalist Subhas Chakraborty, kept the issue alive in public domain on Friday — even though in the guise of self-criticism.

“I should not have spoken in public on the party’s internal matters,” he said, adding: “But it is true that I shall raise the issue within the party.”

On Tuesday, Basu had come out volubly in support of the Transport minister’s eligibility to be in the state secretariat or at least the Central Committee — since he was a ‘veteran leader’. Chakraborty, who is in his sixties, has often embarrassed the party and its leaders by speaking his mind. Although he can mobilise huge rallies and is a troubleshooter for the government and the party, he has never been given a senior post. Basu has been trying to make amends.

Party sources said there is a slot for Chakraborty since former leader Anil Biswas’ death had paved the way for Biman Bose to become the state secretary. Bose too backs Chakraborty. But Commerce and Industries Minister Nirupam Sen, now elevated to the CPM’s politburo, and farm front leader Benoy Konar have been opposing Chakraborty’s entry.

Sources said that Basu, at his meeting with party general secretary Prakash Karat, Biman Bose and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on March 20 — just before the party’s national meeting at Coimbatore — had said Chakraborty ought to get a berth in the state secretariat or the Central Committee.

But the Coimbatore party congress came and went without anyone dropping his name. The ailing Basu, watching the proceedings from a distance, was hurt, sources said. Chakraborty is also said to have complained to Basu. This sequence of events could have prompted Basu’s public utterances last Tuesday and again on Friday. A senior leader said: “If Basu continues to put pressure like this, the party will have no option but to take Chakraborty on board.”

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