Unusual Interest Of Foreign Press

In 2011 Assembly Polls in Bengal: Abundant interest being displayed by foreign press in elections being held at a pocket of vast Indian subcontinent can not but draw the attention of any knowledgeable and sensible voter.Foreign press like BBC,Guardian, New York Times and Wall Street Journal have devoted columns after columns on Fire Brand leader Mamata Banerjee who is poised to dismantle 34yr old red citadels in West Bengal.In fact,journalists of foreign press stay put at Bengal to see the collapse of red regime like house of cards before their eyes.But why do they take so much interest in a petty state elections and favour Mamata Banerjee, leader of a defacto regional party?The answer is simple.The results of assembly elections reflect the strength of the Left in West Bengal.This state normally contributes maximum Left MPs to national politics.Primarily these Left MPs stand in the way of implementation of so called pro-US 'market economy' by the Center.They oppose many policies of the center as anti- people.So the lesser is the strength of the Left in Bengal,the lesser would be the numerical strength of Left MPs in the parliament.So obviously it would be easier for the center to translate the pro-US policies of their choice,may it be anti people, into action relatively unopposed.It also facilitates promotion of rapport between India and US.So it's natural America takes special interest in assembly elections of Bengal.However,whatever may be the speculations of foreign media, they might prove wrong by the will of the people.