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Why Sidhartha Shankar Roy, the ex chief minister of West Bengal did not make any effort to punish severely the culprits and offenders of CPIM goons for their involvement in the brutal murders of Sain Brothers of Burdwan. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal and he could easily excise his powers to take severe steps against Anil Basu alias Manick Roy, Amal Halder, Nirupam Sen alias Khokon Sen, Binoy Konar etc and punish those goons severely according to the court of Law.
Talking based from my parents’ perception, the elections of 1972 was widely known as a rigged one. Also, I have found little evidence to suggest that Ray fought Sanjay Gandhi’s authoritarian tendencies. There is a reason why people of Bengal did not recognize him much after his retirement — he was intensely unpopular after his chief ministership ended.
Why Sidhartha Shankar Roy, the ex chief minister of West Bengal did not make any effort to punish severely the culprits and offenders of CPIM goons for their involvement in the brutal murders of Sain Brothers of Burdwan. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal and he could easily excise his powers to take severe steps against Anil Basu alias Manick Roy, Amal Halder, Nirupam Sen alias Khokon Sen, Binoy Konar etc and punish those goons severely according to the court of Law.
Talking based from my parents’ perception, the elections of 1972 was widely known as a rigged one. Also, I have found little evidence to suggest that Ray fought Sanjay Gandhi’s authoritarian tendencies. There is a reason why people of Bengal did not recognize him much after his retirement — he was intensely unpopular after his chief ministership ended.