The decline of West Bengal

Not a day goes by without one new antic from the chief minister of India’s fourth-most populous state. Mamata Banerjee’s latest display of petulance is Act II scene V in the uber theatrics that has been passing for governance in West Bengal. In this theatre of the absurd there has been only one loser: the people of the state. In an India where chief ministers like Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi are competing for governance awards, Mamata is busy plumbing new depths.

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