Singur - Just how stupid is Mamata Banerjee?

West Bengal one of the lowest per capita incomes in the country. Next only to Bihar. The bengalis are some of the smartest people in the country. But they have to leave the state in droves to get jobs. Because unfortunately all these years they elected the communists to rule over them.

Bihar has little governance. West Bengal has too much. The bengalis are embarassed to be in the same boat as Bihar. After all they are so smart. With all their literacy and discussions. But they couldint admit they had made a mistake by electing the communists all these years. So they elected Buddhadeb to be their chief minister.

Buddhadeb Bhatacharya is a closet capitalist. A spy in the ranks of the commies. And he as at the top! He beleives in capitalism. He beleives in private Industry. Most of all he beleives West Bengal should get out of the boat they share with Bihar.

Mamata Bannerjee is the only opposition the communists have in West Bengal. But she forgot that 'opposition' means that you have to offer an alternative to the 'Status Quo'. So instead of differentiating herself from the communists who were ruining West Bengal all these years she did the opposite. She became more like them than they were!

When she was railway minister she ruined the railways. She refused to raise fares. She raised frieght rates which were already too high. Since freight was used by the rich but fares were for the poor. So the companies that used railway freight started using the roads for transport. The railways ran out of money. Accidents increased. Since they did not have the money for maintenance. All thanks to Mamata.

Then Laloo came along. He ran the railways better than she did! How could a man who has ruined his own state run the railways better than Mamata?

The role of the opposition is to prove that you have better ideas than the ruling party. Every time the ruling party makes a mistake you say you would NEVER have done that. But while Bengal was burning all these years poor Mamata Banerjee never thought of advocating capitalism. Seems simple one would think. Ruling party communist. West Bengal poor. Let me try capitalism. But Mamata Banerjee is defintely not one of the smart ones.

Mamata actually beleived the communists were winning elections because they were communist. Even after Buddha came and showed that he was more capitalist than any communist! Is Mamata Banerjee really that stupid? Let me demonstrate

West Bengalis are salivating for jobs. They are fed up of leaving the state to get good jobs. Who wants to leave home if you dont have to? So they love Buddha.
Buddha knows why they like him. Because hes a capitalist!

So Buddha invites private Industry to Bihar. West Bengal hasint got an Industrial project in a long long time. Who wants to do private business in a communist state? But Big Business knows Buddha is a spy. He told them. They know how many votes he got in the last election. And they know the bengalis love their spy. After all the Bengalis are too embarassed to admit they made a mistake. They supported the communists for too long after land reforms were over. But their only other option was Mamata. And she was more communist than the communists!

So they elected Buddha and the communists again. In resounding numbers. But Buddha made a mistake. He thought he was still communist.( Who can blame him? Hes surrounded by communists) He took land from farmers. That is the communist way. They think they are dictators.

He should have allowed farmers to form associations. Then invite bids from farmers associations. The lowest bid gets to sell the land to the Tatas. It would have been their offer. Not his demand.

Mamata Banerjee saw his mistake. But unfortunately she is Mamata Banerjee. She did not know how to take advantage of it. She did not propose any alternate solution. She still thinks Buddha is a commie. And she has to be more commie. She thinks she is like an athlete and has to run faster than the other competitors. She forgot that in politics you have to run the other way around! She never remembers that she is the opposition. And the opposition has to be different and not offer more of the same.

Many of Buddhas colleagues are real communists. They oppose private Industry. But they are in a quandary. If they protest they are in the same boat as Mamata. But she is the opposition. What do they do?

Finally there is the poor Bengali people. The Bengalis are hopping mad. Will this be their last chance to get jobs? 'Why is Mamata behaving like a communist?', they scream! Will they have to sit and watch as the rest of the country progresses? Mamata is stopping their only chance for progress! She is stopping their favorite spy, Buddha's efforts to deliver them out of the mess they are in. So they are sure to vote out Mamata Banerjee.

Poor Mamata Bannerjee. Will she get any votes at all in the next election? Maybe a few from the old guard communists. Or she may become smart. Maybe she will get a brain transplant!