government should learn to take criticism in its stride rather than interpret every criticism as a conspiracy in a democracy opposition and dissent are inevitable but the chief minister is not ready to accept that unfortunately mamata banerjee is the government in bengal and theres no one to restrain her she has to remember that she is the first among equals and not a sovereign he said the disappointment is widespread with frustration seeping into every strata of society while the common man is frustrated at having been denied the promised change government officials are terrified of annoying the chief minister damayanti sens transfer after the park street rape case sent shockwaves one of the proponents of change and human rights activist sujato bhadra who was appointed by mamata to broker peace talks with maoists admits that he has been disappointed with the government in the last few months so far as the democratic sphere is concerned some steps of this government have been disappointing but what has been shocking is the intolerance to criticism even satire this goes against the spirit of democracy said bhadra author sunil gangopadhyay is surprised by mamatas arrogance she has been unapologetic after every blunder that she made this i am never wrong attitude is unacceptable he said while mamata was always autocratic it was expected that she would run her government differently sanyal said mamata had raised slogans like democracy and not partycracy and change not revenge but she has not lived up to them this government always had the seeds of autocracy since mamata doesnt listen to anyone autocracy is the first step towards fascism we are surely heading for it added sanyal