A BLACKMAIL FROM WITHIN

This is further to my previous write up "TO FEEL PROUD OR NOT TO FEEL SO", which read as:

"Prisoner Swap with Naxals in Bengal indicates that India is wide open for any kind of blackmail.(Please remember the police officer came out with a "POW" tag and even commented on what Govt of India should do to overcome Naxalism). There was a complete failure of coordination between the Centre and the State Administration. Our union Home Minister was publicly seen accepting his ignorance on the issue. Over and above, our great BABU (Bengal State secretory) even compared it with the Kandhar swap of 1998."

Within days of this incident, our politicians have left no stone unturned to bring more embarrassment to Indian State and the credit goes to firebrand Mamta Banerjee. She is the first one to ring the bell in gaining political mileage at the cost of national pride. The released police officer is also not behind, he has been seen in various TV channels talking about his experiences in captivity, contrary to the established code of conduct for uniformed personnel.

Lets have a look on Mamta story,

"Relatives of two policemen kidnapped by Maoists in West Bengal's Lalgarh are expected in Delhi on Tuesday morning. Bringing them across to meet Home Minister P Chidambaram is the Trinamool Congress. Trinamool leader Partha Chatterjee is accompanying them to the capital.

Mamata Banerjee is determined to wring as much political advantage as she can out of the situation. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya had said the two policemen had been killed but later corrected his statement to say the two are officially still missing.

Arriving at Howrah Station to catch a train to Delhi were relatives of two policemen kidnapped by Maoists. Sub Inspector Kanchan Garai and constable Sabir Mollah had stepped out of their camp at Dharampur on July 30 to buy spare parts for a generator when Maoists whisked them away.

"We are going because Mamata has asked us to take them to Delhi. They will meet the Home Minister," said Partha Chatterjee, who is escorting them to Delhi.

On Saturday, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya had erroneously told a press conference that the two policemen had been killed, only to later change his statement.

The chief minister's statement took the state administration by surprise because police had information to the contrary.

Maoist leader Chhatradhar Mahato's bodyguard Papan Mondal had told the police almost a month ago that the kidnapped policemen were alive then.

In despair, the families approached Mamata Banerjee for help. The release of Sankrail OC Atin Dutta has raised their hopes.

"I want Kanchan Garai back. I want my son back," said Minati Garai, Kanchan Garai's mother.

But there are efforts to get him back.

For the families, going to Delhi is a desperate bid to have the two kidnapped policemen rescued. For the Trinamool, taking them to the capital may certainly be an attempt to help but it also is an opportunity to extract political mileage from a situation that could potentially be tragic."

(Source: NDTV)