Going hammer and tongs against Trinamool Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said "vested interests aided by some foreign power" have ganged up to create an atmosphere of terror in the state, stall its development and even divide it. "All vested interests and anti-Left forces, both from within and outside, have ganged up to stop the Left Front. They are even ready to divide the state," Bhattacharjee said addressing a rally at the Brigade Parade Ground ahead of the May-June crucial election to 82 municipalities and Kolkata Corporation.
Bhattacharjee, who was in a combative mood, said that the vested interests wanted to stall the LF's initiative to set up industries in the West Bengal and move the state backward.
"We will never let that happen and we have accepted their challenge," he thundered. Turning to the statehood demand in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar, he said, "The opposition party has not uttered a word against the attempt to divide the state. They have joined hands with those who are out to dismember our state."
Turning to the statehood demand in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar, he said, "The opposition party has not uttered a word against the attempt to divide the state. They have joined hands with those who are out to dismember our state."
