WB govt. contemplates US help in birdflu.

"US ready to help fight Bengal bird flu, state says tell us your plan"- INDIAN EXPRESS


Hours after the US offered to assist West Bengal in checking the spread of bird flu which already has half the state in its grip, the state government today said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had asked the Chief Secretary to speak to the Americans on how they could help.

Shame on you comrades. Maharashtra did not need any help last year. Also what about your anti-imperialist ideology? Mr. Prakash Karat and Mr. Sitaram Yechuri, where are you?

The state said a similar offer for help had come from the Chinese.

That must have made you happy. Mai-baap to the rescue!

The US government approached the Ministry of External Affairs last week to say it could provide technical support to the West Bengal government for surveillance and diagnosis of the virus - both, in human beings, in case the virus travels to them, and in poultry. It also offered to provide protection gear and other equipment for workers involved in controlling the outbreak.

Why this generosity towards the left? Hoping for a change of heart from the comrades on the civilian nuclear deal?

Since it was first detected on January 4, the bird flu virus has spread to 13 districts in West Bengal, making it the worst outbreak of the disease in India.

No wonder. West Bengal under the left has gone downhill.

"It was the US Consul General in Kolkata, Henry Jardine, who came up with the help offer. But without the Centre's permission, we cannot do anything. So we will ask the Union Government to get in touch with the US government on how they plan to help us," Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb told The Indian Express.

Yeah. So the Centre says the thank yous. We can take the help without being indebted to the Americans. Clever.

Meanwhile, China's Consul General in Kolkata, Mao Siwei, has also offered help. He told The Indian Express: "I took a personal initiative to meet him (the Chief Secretary). I have been reading about the disease in different newspapers. I wanted to know if my country could be of any help."

Izzat ka sawaal hai. If US comes we come too. Anyway our comrades in West Bengal are very faithful. More faithful to us than to the Indian government.


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