Statesman News Service
MALDA, Feb. 21: The rift within the Left Front in Malda came to fore today when five Left Front councillors of Old Malda Municipality joined hands to bring no-confidence motion against the CPI-M chairman of the civic body, Mr Biswanath Sukul. The four Opposition councillors from BJP have also supported the motion. The five LF leaders ~ Mrs Gouranga Saha, Mr Paritosh Ghosh and Ms Minati Chakraborty (all from CPI-M), Ms Anjana Burman (RSP) and Ms Renuka Halder (Socialist Party) ~ have accused the chairman of the civic body, Mr Sukul, of failing to initiate any development work in the municipality area.“No development work has taken place in our locality. It has become difficult for us to face the voters. The chairman is resorting to nepotism while allotting funds,” the rebel councillors, alleged. They demanded that a meeting be conducted soon for the passage of the no-confidence motion. The 17-member strong Old Malda Municipality has only four Opposition councillors, all from the BJP.The CPI –M enjoys eight seats, RSP four and the Socialist Party one. Now, with LF five councillors bringing no-confidence motion against the chairman with support from the four BJP councillors, Mr Sukul is in trouble.Talking to The Statesman over telephone from Kolkata, Mr Sukul, said: “I am out of station and know nothing about the notice.”Malda Left Front convenor and the CPI-M’s district secretary, Mr Jiban Moitra, said: “The matter has come to my notice. However, I am not in a position to comment much on the issue at this moment.”
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