The article giving the comparison of the styles of the two chief ministers is really a short-sighted one. In fact, if one analyses the gradual downfall of the states under the marxist rule, you will find that the one sure sign of marxism is the shutting down of industries whether in Private sector or Government sector. This has led to massive unemployment and increasing poverty in the states. Since the Marxists had an unbroken stint of ruling West Bengal, they could bring the state down to the point of no return faster than Kerala. Budhadeb realised that for distributing wealth, he has to create some wealth in the state now. Kerala has still not come to that condition in spite of all industries closing down or running into huge losses because of the inflow of NRI money. It will take Kerala another 10-15 years to reach the state that West Bengal had reached last year due to the uninterrupted marxist rule.
