Is There a Difference

YOUR editorial note 'West Bengal: Behind the Facade' (December 23,1995) is welcome, but it is somewhat pale and wan. Seeking progressivism in Bcnoy Choudhury as against Jyoti Basu is amusing. Recently while Jyoti Basu decried the sharp rise in the price of potatoes, Bcnoy Kumar, a close comrade- in-arms of Bcnoy Choudhury, defended the rise in the interests of the rich peasants. Both of them spoke with their eyes on the elections