CM's visit to Malda does not please all

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Nov 16: A dream has indeed come true as the chief minister had laid the foundation stone of the much awaited University of Gour Banga. Yet the common people, enraged in the wake of the security excess during the CM's visit, were a frustrated lot, praying that the town might be spared such high profile visit in time to come.

Police had blocked the principal roads of the town roads including the ever-busy NH~34 thrice each time at least for half an hour as the CM's convoy was whizzing past from one place to another. The common residents seem to have heaved a sigh of relief as the chief minister left the town for Kolkata by train.

The frequent roadblocks in the name of the security seem to have the put the people in fix, forcing them to reschedule the day's programmes.

Even the vehicles carrying the patients to the hospitals or the doctors’ chambers were stalled. The pedestrians were not also spared due to the security measures, according to the annoyed residents.

“We are glad that the education dream of the region has come true, we are also concerned with the chief minister's security in view of the recent happenings in West Midnapore. But our inconveniences should also be addressed at the proper level. We cannot afford to waste a couple of days for a high profile visit,” said the aggrieved people of the town.

Some even go to the extent of saying that the volume of security had confirmed the fast deepening isolation of the public leaders from the common people. “A day may come when such foundation laying ceremony would be done by remote control. If this comes about we would be spared the security excess-related inconveniences,” opined some.