 "Left has driven away large industries from Bengal: Amartya Sen")
Nobel award winning economist Amartya Sen today blamed the erstwhile Left Front government for driving away large industries from West Bengal.
"In political terms, I am very much on the Left. But, the Left has done a wrong here. It has driven away large industries from the state," Sen said at the Kolkata Literary Meet here.
He said the Left, joining hands with the labour unions, had given too much focus on distribution of industrial income.
"This resulted in large industries going away and only small Industries remaining. You may get into a situation like this if there is too much focus on distribution," Sen said.
He said earlier 18 flights used to operate from Kolkata to London.
"Now there is not a single flight to any European city. One has to go either to Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi and proceed. I would say that pragmatism was not there," he said.
On an advisory note, Sen said "What can be done now, can be done now. What cannot be done, cannot be forgotten. There has to be sequential planning and not spot planning.
"In political terms, I am very much on the Left. But, the Left has done a wrong here. It has driven away large industries from the state," Sen said at the Kolkata Literary Meet here.
He said the Left, joining hands with the labour unions, had given too much focus on distribution of industrial income.
"This resulted in large industries going away and only small Industries remaining. You may get into a situation like this if there is too much focus on distribution," Sen said.
He said earlier 18 flights used to operate from Kolkata to London.
"Now there is not a single flight to any European city. One has to go either to Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi and proceed. I would say that pragmatism was not there," he said.
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On an advisory note, Sen said "What can be done now, can be done now. What cannot be done, cannot be forgotten. There has to be sequential planning and not spot planning.
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