Calcutta: “Nandan and Chandan are the only two achievements of the Left Front government,” Jatin Chakraborty, Independent MLA, said. He was referring to the construction of the theatre complex and the rise of the chief minister, Jyoti Basu’s wealthy industrialist son. Speaking during the debate on the vote on nepotism, lying t to the 45-lakh unemployed in in the state and printing duplicate ballot papers in order to rig the coming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. While the government was not doing anything to revive the 30,000 sick industrial units in the state, it bailed out Indian Paper Pulp, because the managing director was Jayanta Ray, brother-in-law of the chief minister (Telegraph march 28)

