A man,who was dubbed as Maoist by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting when he asked her what steps she was taking to help farmers, has been arrested. The man Siladitya Chowdhury had told the chief minister at a public meeting at the former Maoist stronghold of Belpahari on August 8 that farmers were dying and what steps her government was taking as 'empty promises were not enough'. The chief minister had expressed surprise and dubbed Chowdhury as a Maoist while asking the police to arrest him. The police had detained Chowdhury, a resident of Noawa village under Binpur police station, but had let him go after questioning.
