There is no denying the fact that much havoc is being done and hardship caused to people at large by the goondas in WB. But, in my calculated analysis, I do not see the hand of government in every bit of disorder or strife taking place in WB. Goondagardi (let us put it so) is in every nook and corner of urban WB (dadagiri around Howrah station or the evenings around Esplanade) should help us to focus on the miserable state of affairs in WB with most families struggling to make both ends meet, coping with the burden of feeding their children (some families have on an average 5 to 8 children - I speak of the time I was there i.e. during the eighties and prior to that I was in Bandel). With the cost of living having skyrocketed to such dizzy heights, such explosive situation is bound to give way to the WB of 70s or even earlier.
Now to judge the CPM, in my personal view the parties like Mamta started sulking for trifles (and left the Congress) on account of which there was no united front at the state level. Left are not that bad as we presuppose, only issues on which they base their party have become old fashioned. Anyway, situation in Bengal will change sooner or later.
