Is Mamata’s authoritarian streak a result of her failure with governance?

GN Bureau | August 13, 2012



West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee sent a farmer to jail alleging that he was a Maoist. The farmer had put an uncomfortable poser before the CM and that was what irked Mamata. The CPM said the arrest amounted to autocracy while the BJP said political parties shouldn’t run away from answering questions. Press Council of India chairman Markandeya Katju drew parallels between Banerjee's rule and Nazism. He criticised Banerjee for misusing power.

This reminds us of the recent incident of the arrest of a professor of chemistry of the Jadavpur University. He was arrested for allegedly posting a cartoon on a social networking site involving chief minister Mamata Banerjee, railway minister Mukul Roy and former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi.

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