And so it's on, the 13th Assembly elections in West Bengal, the first of the newmillennium.Confounding all pre-poll fears, the campaigning has been unusually peaceful,although it does not guarantee that polling day tomorrow will be peaceful as well. Thetone of the campaign, whether conducted by the ruling Left Front or the Trinamool-Congresscombine has been often bitter, but rarely exceeding the norms of decency, as had happenedduring the two Lok Sabha polls in 1998 and 1999. An additional complicating factor was theunderstandably bitter BJP campaign against the TMC, but even so the attacks against MamataBanerjee could have been more personally vindictive. Contrary to expectations, SamataParty leader George Fernandes did not campaign against the TMC, which disappointed Frontsupporters.