When a large swathe of urban and semi-urban south Bengal — representing the Trinamool’s core support base — goes to vote on Saturday, something more than party loyalties will be tested. Also on test will be how much Bengal’s upper- and middle-class bhadralok population has warmed to a party that, till even two years ago, was considered somewhat alien in most Bengali homes.
When a large swathe of urban and semi-urban south Bengal — representing the Trinamool’s core support base — goes to vote on Saturday, something more than party loyalties will be tested. Also on test will be how much Bengal’s upper- and middle-class bhadralok population has warmed to a party that, till even two years ago, was considered somewhat alien in most Bengali homes.