I am from west bengal.When the communist came to power i was only 8 yrs old. Have heard of naxals and atrocities committed during congress rule.But i don't know whether this commies are anyway better or not.Since last 30 yrs our condition has become such that to prove our development we have to compare our states with bihar,orissa and u.p.They won't dare to compare themselves with maharastra,gujrat,delhi,tamilnadu,karnataka ,andhrapradest in devepolment parameters.Now this communists are talking about industrialisation but there there was a time when because of the high handed attitude of left affiliated unions industrialists did't dare to venture in west bengal.Even 15 yrs back we have witnessed their strong opposition to computerisation .Now after Buddhadeb assuming power we have witnessed a slightly better situation in a sence now the locals are finding it easier to get into engineering colleges and getting jobs in sevice sectors which was not the case 6-7 yrs back.He is desperatly trying to attract investments.His intention is honest but modus operandi is bit flawed . Old habbits die hard .Mr Sumit Bhattachayya has rightly depicted the true picture of rural bengal.So long you have an opposition leader like mamata you can be rest assured that cpm is here to stay for another 30 yrs.She is the best life insurance policy of cpm. Pray that this communists don't spread their tentacles beyond their regional boundary else the nation will be doomed
