Last week, I was invited to speak at a discussion meeting in Calcutta on the economic revival of West Bengal. Many of those who played an important role in beating back the Left in the 1970s still play a nominal role in the politics of West Bengal. Like in the rest of India, Modi has a very large body of admirers in West Bengal who are impressed by his energy, determination and single-mindedness. The rigging in West Bengal hasn’t been indiscriminate. Unfortunately, the flip side of this development is that political violence in Bengal will rise exponentially.

Source: The Telegraph May 16, 2019 03:11 UTC