Bikash Bhattacharya´s personal image gives CPM a fighting chance
(WorldNews India)

For the Left, this is one seat where they could get it right. This, in spite of the CPM having lost much of its organisational strength and support base in the areas that comprise Jadavpur constituency, where the party last won in 2004. But Bikash Bhattacharya, the veteran of a many a battle, has emerged a key contender in a race that could end in a photo-finish because of his personal image. The odds though were stacked against him: the Trinamul Congress packed star power with its actress-candidate Mimi Chakraborty along with organisational muscle; the BJP had the power of polarisation, the party has fielded former Bolpur MP and...