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={Proshanta K. Nandi}, journal={Sociological Bulletin}, year={2005}, volume={54}, pages={171 - 194} }
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…
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