Gurudas Dasgupta
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"Gurudas Dasgupta" (borm 1936) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India. He became a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1985. He was elected the General Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) in 2001. In 2004, He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)/Panskura in West Bengal. In 2009, He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)/Ghatal in West Bengal. He is a member of JPC on 2G spectrum scam and accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of “dereliction of duty”, alleging that he (the PM) was fully aware of irregularities in dispensing of telecom licences. He cited a note from then Cabinet Secretary, stating the value of licences of spectrum should be increased.

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This budget has deceived the common man. The tax system is regressive. Heavy concessions have been granted to the corporate sector and spending on education and healthcare has not been increased to the expected levels.

Government should convey to US that it knows what to do or what not to do. (Interfering in it) is not at all the business of US.

Our demands have been conceded.

The strike will go on. We're ready for a settlement, but it has to be an honorable settlement.

No short cut method should be taken to settle the controversy.

We will move a privilege motion against the minister who has misled Parliament in reply to a question in this regard.

The reinstatement is only a partial victory, we are now fighting to get our comrades who were arrested released from jail.

There is a memorandum given by the US embassy in Delhi to the external affairs ministry on this issue. We have confirmed information on this. We want the government to officially deny it.