(UNI EXCLUSIVE)By Sirshendu PanthKolkata, April 12 -- Notwithstanding the Left Front's seven years of fruitless struggle to bag Lok Sabha or Assembly seats from its one-time red citadel, West Bengal, coalition spearhead CPI-M feels the party has been rejuvenated, and the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections could kickstart a Left resurgence.
"For a resurgent Bengal, a rejuvenated Left is necessary. We are working through the playbook," Communist Party of India-Marxist state Secretary Mohammad Salim told UNI in an interview.
In the din and bustle of the fiercely fought election this time, hardly any political pundit or psephologist has put his (or her) bet on the Left Front, which occupied West Bengal's seat of power for a record 34-year stretc...