CPI(M)'s dichotomy

In his letter ‘Friends of China’ ( The Statesman 18 March 2009), Mr. S. S. Chattopadhyay has expressed surprise that the CPI-M is ‘spewing venom at the USA’, and at the same time the Chief Minister is meeting a 10-member delegation of US-India Business Council to discuss prospects of American business in West Bengal. This only betrays the dichotomy in the CPI-M’s word and action. This is also very obvious when we see that the CPI-M cried itself hoarse when Tata withdrew its Nano works from Singur, blaming it wholly on Mamata Banerjee, but caused the Tata Metalik to withdraw its venture from West Bengal by its apathetic attitude and sloppy work of WBIDC, the CPI-M’s industrial wing. So, on the one hand, the party declares that it wants industrialization in West Bengal, and on the other, it forces industries to leave West Bengal.
Regarding the Party’s preference of China to India, the Party wants to project itself as a socialist (communist) party which it is not. They look up to China as their mentor, but China does not care; it rather helps Pakistan by supplying nuclear bomb technology and materials.
Again, while the CPI-M stresses the right of workers to strike work in factories, they conveniently forget that in China, neither the labour union activities, nor the ‘right to strike work in factories’ exist.
Lastly, the CPI-M has the least interest in the integrity and well-being of India. This is the reason why they are not only silent on the continued occupation of a part of Indian territory by China and its designs on Arunachal Pradesh, but they are also allowing illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to freely settle down in West Bengal, supplying them with Ration Cards and Voter ID Cards; the CPI-M is also actively supporting the increase in the activities of Madrasas so as to inflate its vote-bank. There is neither any place for patriotism, nor is there any moral principle in the CPI-M’s political programme.