Bhutia will lose charm: CPRM

SNS, Kurseong, 5 March 2014: Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (CPRM) today said former captain of the Indian Football team, Baichung Bhutia, is downgrading his reputation and his wonderful image, while also losing ardent fans and supporters, by joining politics.
Asked for comments on Trinamul congress picking Mr Bhutia as its candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, CPRM spokesperson Govind Chettri said they will never support TMC “even if it fields Atal Behari Vajpayee, Sonia Gandhi or Manmohan Singh as its candidate.”According to him, the CPRM will not support TMC as it is against creating a separate state of Gorkhaland.
He added that Mr Bhutia is so far appreciated and loved by people of all sections in the country. “But after joining politics and joining hands with TMC, he is definitely defaming his own image, while he is sure to lose his fans and supporters,” Mr Chettri said. On the CPRM’s stand on the Lok Sabha elections, Mr Chettri said his party may take a final call on whether to field its own candidate or support others within 12 March. GJMM vice-president Pradeep Pradhan, meanwhile said Mr Bhutia is being made a scapegoat by TMC as he is an excellent footballer and a “great dancer.”
“He is, however, not a great orator,” he said. “If TMC really wanted to show respect to Mr Bhaichung Bhutia, it would have nominated him as their candidate for the Rajya Sabha instead of throwing him into politics,” Mr Pradhan said.