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While this has earned the Left Front government effusive good conduct certificates from the chambers of commerce and other spokesmen of national and multinational big business, this has led to a certain demoralisation and disenchantment among the militant working class in West Bengal a class which remained steadfast in its loyalty to the CPI(M) during the party's most difficult days. Some of the CPl(M)'s own trade unionists gave unambiguous expression to the restiveness of the wotkiitg class in a meeting of the State CITU Council held in the middle of November last and attended by the Chief Minister and the Labour Minister among others.