Will Mamata Banerjee’s decline revive the Left in Bengal again? Bengal s voters are not likely to forget in a hurry the last arrogant and oppressive years of the Left Front Abhijit Majumder December 20, 2020 10:04:41 IST Representational image. Reuters
In a severe drought, when most farmers’ lives get destroyed, one group sees opportunity: the salt farmers. Salinity in the soil peaks during drought, making it a harbinger of joy for some in an otherwise dark time.
Similarly, while the astonishing rise of the BJP in Bengal has ruination for anti-saffron parties, there may just be a glimmer for the near-extinct Left in the state. Mamata Banerjee has nearly decimated the once-mighty CPM, which ruled Bengal for 34 years. It got just 6.28 percent votes in the 2019 general elections. In 2016 Assembly polls, despite teaming up with the Congress, once upon a ti