Straining at Central leash

In the past few months, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has emerged as the juju woman of Indian politics. When, after a spell of opposition from within, she finally walked out of the UPA-2 government last month, there was both a sense of relief and anxiety. There was relief because her exit gave Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a political space to push through overdue reforms in the economy.

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