It seems Ms Banerjee is on her way to lead team Bengal. I would like to see if she changes her stripes. In order to lead the team to the winning post, she has to bring law and under control. At the same time she has to take giant steps towards reforms. As of now, she has not shown the sparks of creativity and comes out as a typical populist politician. Her party has no second tier of leadership. Some of her colleagues are known to have colorful past and questionable links.

The party resorts to violence at the drop of the hat and is supposed to have close links with Maoists. To take a ‘U’ turn will not be easy. Recent blockade of Rajdhani and murder of TMC leaders has shown that her wards are no longer in her control. I would love to see how the drama unfolds and how left behaves when out of power. I am half sure that they will borrow the script of Mamta and become militant again. Let us see what happens but the horizon is no longer sunny.