tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608708830666906339.post380979149394294426..comments2023-02-18T20:47:35.430+05:30Comments on Random Thoughts: Friday for alldwijahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285158012725969848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608708830666906339.post-52193017837280582372011-06-01T13:19:26.017+05:302011-06-01T13:19:26.017+05:30Surprisingly, Mamata Banerjee came out with an ele...Surprisingly, Mamata Banerjee came out with an election manifesto which was highly lauded by the media. I have not gone through it myself but what I gathered from the newspapers, it was not merely a set of election promises, but it laid down clear set of policies to be adopted and was a professional job. She has inducted some non political people like Amit Mitra, Secy. General of FICCI and an economist, Manish Gupta, a former Chief Secy and some others who all won and are now ministers in her cabinet.<br />The educated class you refer to did have its reservations about her. She excelled in agitatational politics, but her adminstrative skill and acumen are not yet tested.Whatever she did as the Union Railway Minister, promising and initiating a no of projects in West Bengal, was seen more as populist measures to win the hearts of people here for the ensuing election ( in which she succeded ).But they could see that she had emerged as the only alternative to CPM domination in WB politics and many were prepared to give her a chance. What helped was her efforts to change her image to pro industry (not at the cost of the people ), pro democracy, pro good governance, no bundhs etc.dwijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285158012725969848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8608708830666906339.post-25584060733999792352011-05-30T00:37:08.073+05:302011-05-30T00:37:08.073+05:30Dwiju
I can see people were looking for a change ...Dwiju<br /><br />I can see people were looking for a change and they have managed to elect a leader who has the popular support. <br /><br />Being an outsider I have not followed WB politics but I am curious to know if there was an election mamifesto in which she has laid down clear policies, or change of policies, for that matter. <br /><br />On what basis educated people voted for her? Surely slogans do not create policies, do they? Or she will start thinking about policies now.<br /><br /><br />DadamoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com