trust me.. it was not fun to watch a once prosperous state of India to go down in the list.While the other states like Punjab or Andhra prospered,some idiots in Bengal were busy finding out Bourgeoisie ,creating havocs in the form of strikes every now and then,and finally closing down industries...
Cmon....34 years of rule!! and they could not create a proper industrial zone,let alone properly maintain the already existing ones!! There is not even a metropolitan in West Bengal apart from Kolkata.
There are only 2 civilian airports in West Bengal,one in Kolkata,Dumdum and the other one in Bagdogra,Siliguri,and the later one remains closed for long time periods in an year due to landslides.
Industrial areas worth mentioning are Kalyani,Durgapur Steel city,Asansole etc,and ALL of them were created by Bidhan Chandra Roy,before the Communists came to power....
What did these communists do,apart from closing down the gates of a factory and putting a 'laal-jhanda' in front of it??
Well,I know one thing for sure,in which they were good at.They made sure that their vote banks stay alright,by providing benefits.Its like,you are aligned to the party,so you get benefited some way or other.
I am glad that the situation has changed,and I am hoping to see a lot of great things in near future...