Shyama Prasad’s Bengal
In Calcutta, as in most large cities, the Modi “wave” surges the highest in the gentlemen’s clubs in the evening, its velocity soaring with successive rounds of drinks, hitting tsunami proportions before closing hours. But going by the size of Narendra Modi’s rally in Brigade Parade Ground on February 5, there isn’t much reason for a few extra rounds. Most dispiriting for the enthusiast was the rally’s timing, wedged between a “mega-rally” of TMC leader and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, apparently three time larger than Modi’s, and one by the CPI(M)-led Left Front four days later, which could be twice as big.
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