CM admits 'arrogant behaviour' alienated people

With the Left Front in West Bengal facing its toughest challenge in the upcoming Assembly elections, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today admitted that some CPI-M leaders were behaving "arrogantly", which had earned a bad name for his party.

Their behaviour with people had alienated some people ahead of the coming poll, he told a massive Left Front rally here.

"I call upon them to correct themselves and go to the people to admit their mistakes," Bhattacharjee said.

“The next few months are crucial and we have to correct our mistakes. We cannot tolerate the tendency of a few leaders to boss over people and throw their weight around. This is unacceptable. Go to the people, bow your heads and listen to their problems," he said.

He also conceded that the government has committed "some mistakes" during its tenure and assured the people that they were being rectified now.

Criticising Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, he said, "So many stones have been laid that it will be difficult to uproot all of them." He asked the youths not to expect employment from those proposed projects.

Admitting that his government had made "some mistakes", Bhattacherjee said, "We are rectifying them. We will win the elections.” Referring to the issue of industrialisation and land acquisition, he said his government wanted to set up industry in Singur and Nandigram.