TAKE AWAY THE MUMBO JUMBO AND WHAT DO COMMUNISTS HAVE LEFT TO OFFER?:

Bullets fly as villagers tell comrades: Give us grain, not nuclear nonsense (Telegraph of India, 9/17/07)

A dozen villagers from Radhamohanpur, 250km from Calcutta, had come to the “anti-imperialism” meeting around 10am to complain to the CPM leaders against hoarding by ration-shop owners.

They erupted when panchayat chief Pabitra Mondal — who was on the dais trying to convince a crowd of 200 daily wagers about the dangers of the 123 Agreement — tried to shoo them away.

One man jumped on the dais, snatched the microphone and began abusing the assembled CPM leaders. “We’ll teach you a lesson. You can’t give us rice and wheat, instead you talk mumbo-jumbo. We don’t understand the nuclear deal, give us food,” he screamed. “Maar shalader maar (beat them up).”

The words will worry state CPM secretary Biman Bose, who has admitted that the anti-nuclear deal line lacks the force of bread-and-butter issues and will be difficult to sell to an electorate.

Isn't that mumbai jumbo?

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 16, 2007 5:04 PM