Rahul’s solution for Bengal

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi had a word of advice for the electorate of West Bengal as he spoke to jute mill workers in Hooghly district last week. He said, “Only the Congress can release the brakes and take the vehicle of development forward in Bengal.” He alleged that first the Left Front put the brakes on development in the state during its 34-year rule, and then the Trinamool Congress continued the deadlock after it was voted to power in 2011. Gandhi seemed unperturbed by the drubbing the Congress received in the recent civic elections in the state, coming at number four in vote share, behind Trinamool Congress, the Left Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party.