CPM glorifies massacre accused

MIDNAPORE: Tapan Ghosh and Sukur Ali - alleged masterminds of the Chhoto Angaria massacre - are still "bir senanis" (brave warriors) for CPM, the party that runs the government in Bengal. This, despite the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government having slapped seven criminal charges on the duo.
And, CPM's West Midnapore district secretary, Dipak Sarkar, has no qualms about it. "The party conference is our highest forum. Delegates there showered this honour upon Tapan Ghosh and Sukur Ali," he said on Thursday.
Dipak Sarkar included Tapan and Sukur in the party's newly elected West Midnapore district committee, despite the fact that the two have been behind bars since November 10.
"We have reviewed their performance at the district conference and found that they are worthy of the honour," Sarkar said, days after CPM minister Sushanta Ghosh met Tapan and Sukur in Midnapore jail and assured them that the district party unit stood behind them.
The duo had been arrested near Nandigram on November 10, raising speculation that they were involved in the recent Red violence there.
On Thursday, some delegates at the conference questioned the party's decision to send the duo to Nandigram and insisted that their names be dropped from the district committee to save the party's image.

Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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