Nuclear energy a necessity, says Buddhadeb
On September 17, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya said at a cii meet that the state can't do without nuclear energy. The media found it a convenient handle to rile his party, the cpi(m), which opposes India's nuclear deal with the us.
But the Hindu did strike a contrast. It reported the chief minister as saying, "We have certain doubts about environmental problems, the cost of [setting up] nuclear plants and the price of electricity generated by them