Mamata, Not Manmohan
Something else is making Adhir Chowdhury very happy. The known Mamata- baiter is so pleased that Somen Mitra, the Congress bigwig, who had joined the TMC for a while but has since returned to the Congress party, has come back to the fold, that he embraced Mitra during a public meet and declared that the Congress will now go from strength to strength and challenged the TMC to a symbolic duel of sorts as they get ready for a face-off in the upcoming Parliamentary polls. "They are now afraid," beamed Chowdhury with Mitra in tow, adding "I challenge them to a fight." But judging by the early surveys and poll projections which show that Congress is at its worst political form since Independence, I wonder if this happiness is not just a little misplaced. And don't miss the irony that even though TMC is still just a regional party, more people are talking about Mamata as Prime Minister than about his leader Manmohan Singh.