And when the rally ended, the sun had just dipped below the crimson horizon, and the entire grounds had started to erupt with the myriad flashing lights of colourful firecrackers as the flickering illumination of thousands of lit torches reflected the play of emotions on the faces of men and women in the joyous assemblage. Perhaps the people, too, had had enough of this lie campaign, declared Jyoti Basu, and had chosen to provide a fitting response to the burgeoning Go bblesian drive by ensuring that the Left Front came back to office with an emphatic two-thirds majority. Biswas recalled the late comrade Promode Dasgupta's words during the victory rally of the Left Front celebrated way back in 1977. The verdict has been as expected. But the responsibilities, too, have grown multifold.
Economic crisis dogs the country at every step.
To carve out an alternate path of pro-people development, said Bhattacharya, needed utter dedication, an outlook of sincere empathy to the needs of the people, and most of all, the courage of conviction that we must not fail the people, not ever, come what may. The rally was presided over by veteran Communist leader, Prasanta Kumar Sur.