New Delhi, April 26 -- Hooghly/Durgapur/Murshidabad/Medinipur/Kolkata: On a sultry April afternoon in Singur, Hooghly, a group of men sit shirtless on the cool floor under a tin shed, taking turns drinking cold water from a jug to beat the heat as they chat about the upcoming elections.

"We've seen the Trinamool Congress government for 15 years now and there really isn't much work that has been done. Development and infrastructure are lacking, and unemployment is a big concern," says Pranab Parui, a vegetable seller. "Moreover, cut money-local leaders extorting money even from poor people like us-is the worst legacy of this government. We have supported didi in the past with all earnestness, but now it is time for poriborton (change)." ...