May 13, 2012
Huge rally takes place from Hazra to Rajabazar under the leadership of Ms. Mamata Banerjee to commemorate the victory of Maa, Mati, Manush
Marking the anniversary of the end of 34-year-old Marxist rule in the
state, West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee, flanked by her
supporters, on Sunday took out a march and said that her Government had
fulfilled most of the poll promises.
Ms. Mamata Banerjee, who walked for two hours non-stop, was accompanied by a large number of supporters and party workers in a10-km procession which started from the busy Hazra crossing in south Kolkata to Muslim-dominated Rajabazar in the eastern part of the city.
“Today was the day last year when a momentous change was brought about in
West Bengal after a lot of sacrifices. There was enormous torture during
the CPI(M) rule for over three decades when 55,000 people lost there lives.
Democracy was restored in the state after the ouster of the CPI(M) and the
Ma, Mati, Manush government was formed,” she said in a brief speech at
Rajabazar.
Asking party leaders and workers to work for the people in a selfless
manner, she warned “if anyone is found working in self-interst, he or she
would have no place in the party”.
Briefly speaking about her Government’s performance the Chief Minister
said that her Government had created six lakh jobs till date in the
state and pointed out that 50 per cent reservation for women had been
introduced in the panchayats.
She declared that peace had been restored in Maoist-hit Jangalmahal and in
Darjeeling hills where the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha had signed an agreement
with the Centre and the state government to set up a hill council with
greater autonmy.
She also said that almost a hundred per cent of the commitments made before
the assembly election last year had been fulfilled by her Government in the
nearly 12 months in office.
“The rest we will accomplish in the coming days,” she promised.
