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In the wake of the verdict (on the gas tragedy), the Nuclear Liability Bill introduced by the UPA will be opposed by the Front, said CPM state secretary Biman Bose.
“The manner in which Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson was kept out of the investigation purview makes it evident that the Liability Bill should be more stringent,” said Bose, while appealing to Opposition MPs in the Rajya
Sabha and Lok Sabha to follow the Left Front in the interest of ‘Ma Mati Manush’ (Mother, land and the people of the country).
“This, for the sake of the mothers and sisters giving birth to deformed babies, the land which has become poisoned since the gas leakage...I am talking about Ma Mati Manush. Everyone should oppose such a Bill,” said Bose.
It is a political twist of sorts that the Front has chosen to bank on the ‘Ma Mati Manush’ phrase, which was brought in vogue by the Trinamool when the Nandigram resistance movement began.
Asked if he was serious about using the phrase primarily associated with the Trinamool, Bose said: “I am not joking. I repeat, I am talking about our mothers, land and our people.”
Pointing out that Banerjee’s “Leftist” appeal was a major reason behind her party’s success in the recent elections, a CPM leader said: “By using the phrase, Bose wanted to press the Trinamool to act against the Congress on the floor of Parliament.”
Finally, CPM accepted our words: Trinamool
In response to the Left Front “borrowing” its ‘Ma, Mati Manush’ phrase, Trinamool Congress’s Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Partho Chatterjee said the Front has finally accepted the importance of the three words. “It takes a lot of time for CPM leaders to get enlightened. Though late, they have borrowed our motto,” said Chatterjee. “It was CPM leaders like Mohammed Selim who earlier mocked the phrase saying it was copied from a local theatre. Today, Biman Bose accepted the words, though he is too late,” said Chatterjee.
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