Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, CPI(M) veteran and former West Bengal CM, passed away Thursday. In this 2003 interview, he talked about running a leftist government in a capitalist framework.
The two-term chief minister of West Bengal, the poster boy of reform in the Left who didn’t care if the cat was black or white as long as it caught mice, has now passed into history.
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee died on Thursday at his Kolkata home, CPI(M) state secretary Mohd Salim said.
He was suffering from...
Explaining the reasons behind refusal, CPI(M) said the party's policy was not to accept such state awards. Bhattacharjee, 77, has been one of the tallest leaders of Bengal CPI(M).
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