We are changing with the world: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, Sept. 17 (PTI): Admitting that his party had committed "serious mistakes" in the sixties and seventies, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said the CPI-M was changing its attitude towards investment and foreign capital.
"The world is changing. We are also changing. If you follow our party literature you will see our attitude towards investment and foreign capital. Most of our party leaders in the state and Central Committee understand the changes taking place in the world," Bhattacharjee, also a politburo member of CPI-M told the captains of Indian industry at an interactive session during the National Council meet of the CII here.
Flanked by Bharti group CMD Sunil Mittal and ICICI Bank MD and CEO K V Kamath, Bhattacharjee said, "Our mindset is changing for better. We are not fools. We are realists and the party is changing. Old people are going and new generation leaders are coming."
Bhattacharjee also refered to the 1994 industrial policy of the state and said that had ushered in a change. Recalling his long association with the Communist party, Bhattacharjee said, "We had committed serious mistakes in the sixties and seventies. The word gherao is our contribution to the Oxford dictionary."
To a question, Bhattacharjee said he would prefer to remain in the state. "Let me serve the state first," he said when asked when he would take up responsibility at the national level.
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