In a significant move, the CPI(M) has given the green signal for industrialisation based on private investment with a rider that ?unreasonable concessions? should not be given to private sector that are against ?public interest?.
In the section ?Left led governments: Experience and role in the present situation,? of the draft political organisational report prepared for the CPI(M) Congress? approval, which FE has been able to access, the document categorically states that that ?it is necessary to develop industry on the basis of agriculture growth?.
The party?s approval for private participation in industry comes notwithstanding the criticism over Nandigram, even though it adds in the same breath that such policies are not the final solution. ?While attracting corporate investment, we should be careful to see that they do not extract unreasonable concessions that go against public interest. While pushing for greater industrialisation with private investment, we should also tell the people that such private sector industries cannot solve the basic problems associated with the liberalised capital system,? it said.
The report, to be presented by party general secretary Prakash Karat on Monday, asserts that ?Industrialisation is necessary,? but notes that care must be taken on large scale land acquisition. The reference, obviously is to the Nandigram controversy. Noting that the issue has been used by the critics to target the party, the document added, ?In the recent period, we saw how the Nandigram events were used by the ruling classes and the big business media to defame and slander the party. It is an important weapon in the anti-CPI(M) propaganda. That is why it is important that the entire party has a unified understanding about the role the state governments can play in the present situation. And what type of policies and measures they can adopt.?