About 4,000 people, including poor fisherman Goranga Dolui, were on the electoral list for the island in the Sunderban delta. Thousands of Ghoramara residents have moved in recent years to Sagar, a bigger island in the delta, or Kakdwip on the mainland. Modi held one of his mega election rallies on the West Bengal mainland last week where he talked about security. Retired school teacher Satish Chandra Jana, 75, has lived all his life on Ghoramara but is despondent. Ghoramara is not connected to India's electricity grid and relies on unreliable solar energy for power.

Source: Daily Nation May 19, 2019 08:15 UTC