The quick disintegration of the “dominant” CPM and the rapid emergence of the BJP as the main Opposition in Bengal is unlike anything New York-based investor and poll watcher Ruchir Sharma has seen in India. I have never seen anything like this in India,” said Sharma, who has been tracking Indian elections since 1998 with a small group of colleagues and friends. On his 28th “mission”, Sharma reached Calcutta on Wednesday with a 25-member group to gauge Bengal’s mood. Mamata features in Democracy on the Road: A 25-year Journey through India, as do Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Prasad. “Businessmen we met were broadly supportive of the government in Bengal,” Sharma said.

Source: The Telegraph May 02, 2019 19:41 UTC