Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal

P. Nandi

DOI:10.1177/0038022920050202

Corpus ID: 157014751

Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal

@article{Nandi2005CommunismTT,
  title={Communism through the Ballot Box: Over a Quarter Century of Uninterrupted Rule in West Bengal},
  author={P. Nandi},
  journal={Sociological Bulletin},
  year={2005},
  volume={54},
  pages={171 - 194}
}

P. Nandi

Published 2005

Economics

Sociological Bulletin

Even though communists have been on the run in much of the world lately, they have been in power in West Bengal for more than a quarter century now. Headed by the Communist Party on India (Marxist), a coalition of left-wing parties has been ruling the state without interruption since 1977. Although the government scored major successes in agriculture and rural development, its pro-labour and anti-industry policies let to flight of industries to other states. Itseconomy under heavy strain… CONTINUE READING

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