The one social group which has so far remained disenchanted with Leftist rule in West Bengal has, however, been the big business class. However, there are signs that even this section may be won over. In fact, last weekend a delegation of top businessmen led by Sanjiv Goenka, who heads the biggest industrial house in West Bengal, trooped down to the Marxist headquarters in Calcutta to hold wide-ranging discussions with the chief minister. There are, of course, many critics in West Bengal of the communists who feel they rigged the elections to beat the challenged of the combative Trinamool Congress firebrand Mamata Bannerjee. However, even they concede that the rigging was extremely scientific and systematic without the usual recourse to violence on election day.
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