Mitra became a known figure across the country as the Finance Minister of Bengal." Patnaik regretted that Mitra's resignation from the LF ministry in 1986 over some questions of principle related to education saw the issue of centre-state relations r
"As the Finance Minister of the first Left Front government, Mitra played a big role in ensuring the regime broke the "agrarian impasse in the state, which was a colonial legacy", he said. While there was a substantial investment in agriculture, it was for the first time that the tillers of the land got rights over the harvest, Patnaik said, also referring to Mitra's contribution in the first Left Front government raising the issue of centre-state relations. "As the LF called for a relook a the distribution of powers, it caught the imagination of the people all over the country.
Mitra became a known figure across the country as the Finance Minister of Bengal." Patnaik regretted that Mitra's resignation from the LF ministry in 1986 over some questions of principle related to education saw the issue of centre-state relations receding to the background. "It is to Ashoke da's credit that he saw the fight for an authentic democratic structure as really a fight for democracy." Left Front chairman Biman Bose, state CPI-M Secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra and other Left leaders also spoke on the occasion.
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