Subhro Maitra Malda March 8: The CPM has adopted a new strategy in fielding candidate against Congress heavy weight Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury in Malda South. The poll campaigning strategy is unique as well.
Instead of party leaders this time Malda CPM has decided to field an academic to fight the Congress in Malda South. Abdur Razzaque is a former principal of Kaliachak .
Party insiders felt that the strategy was taken on the face of recent results of the election where CPI (M) was hugely defeated—be it in the parliament or in Assembly bypoll.
Interestingly, the party adopted a new strategy when it launched a campaign forRazzaque. It collected the names and addresses of all his so that he can meet them personally. The suggestion came from Razzaque himself, who is a former professor of economics and commerce.
"Once the lists is completed, I will meet with my thousands of students,” he said. The former principal would also go to his village of Uttar Laxmipur in Kaliachak II block, where he was born to seek votes from the residents of this traditionally Congress-dominated belt.
Razzaque plans to focus on rural development for poor farmers and highlight the loopholes in the Centre's plans for them. His PhD research papers were based on this very subject.
“My papers have been appreciated by experts in Bangladesh during a discussion on rural development. If I am elected as MP, I would stress the need to launch more rural credit systems for poor farmers, based on the theory of the ‘vicious circle of poverty’. These rural credit systems would ensure that poor people do not fall into debt traps,” he said.
“Many recommendations in my research papers are yet to be implemented in the present policy of the Central government. If I am elected, I will push for their integration,” he added.
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