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Attracting
new investment in agro-industry, manufacturing and the services
sector. Creating an IT base. Building on facilities in Haldia and
Salt Lake.
Taming
babus. Making officials responsive, accountable and corruption-free.
Restoring
middle-class confidence in the education system.
Introducing
democratic norms. Ending political violence and ensuring peaceful
polls in 2001.
Checking
inner-party conflicts and fighting the election unitedly
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State
has an image problem. Lacks a work culture and is plagued by militant
trade unionism. Left Front Government isn't seen as investor-friendly.
Legacy
of inefficiency and overmanning. The Coordination Committee is all
powerful.
System
corrupted by politicisation. Funds used to pay salaries.
CPI(M)
local committees loath competitive politics. Too many arms in circulation.
Local
CPI(M) divided. Some district units plan split before the polls.
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With
all the noise about the cabinet resolution on dilution of the government’s
stakes in public sector banks, is anyone buying shares of these banks,
asks V. Shankar Aiyar in 