Slow Poison
The BJP has chosen Suvendu Adhikari as leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly, after briefly considering another former TMC inductee, Mukul Roy. What tipped the scales in Adhikari’s favour, apart from his being a formidable grassroots leader, is his victory over erstwhile mentor Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. The BJP wants Adhikari’s presence in the state assembly to remind Didi, for the next five years, of her only defeat in an assembly election.