29 years in Bengal & going strong
1996
The CPI-M won 157 assembly seats. Two years earlier, Jyoti Basu had begun inviting industrialists to invest in West Bengal.
The result?
In a recent survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry, Bengal was the most favoured investment destination in India.
Jyoti Basu with Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and others
Also See: A new Bengal, rising in Howrah