MISSING COMRADES

J. Jayalalithaa’s decision to go it alone has distressed AIADMK cadres in Tamil Nadu. “Left party cadres worked with us tirelessly for just a cup of tea and two biscuits,” says an AIADMK district secretary already baulking at the prospect of having to pay people for pasting posters and trudging from door-to door-seeking votes for Amma. But the Chief Minister is evidently prepared for an expensive election.