WB's problem is the yoy real growth, which has recorded consistent slide, even a state like UP, under Mayawati, was better performing than WB.
For reference:
http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...rowth-rates-indian-states-10th-11th-plan.html
For a state like WB, once heavily industrialized, a state with excellent sea connectivity, very good rail network, huge human resources to out perform others should have not been a big enough task.
Maharashtra has historically had consistently better leadership than in the rest of the country, yet I don't see anyone pitching Maharashtra's CM to be the future PM, but a mediocre performer like Modi continues to get support, especially from the very vocal (though numerically irrelevant
) right-wing.
Modi, I think in early days realised the concept,
jo dikhta hai, woh bikta hai, he without a shred of doubt positioned himself well. No denying that he has done the job, he has, been better than mediocre, but yes, slightly over hyped, but then, the Hindu right needed someone who gets seen as successful and be their poster boy, and so emerged Modi.
At least for me, more than the bigger, sea bordering states, the real success stories are Haryana and Chattisgarh, what phenomenal work these 2 have done.
What doesn't make sense to me though is that is if all the states grew on average 10% or higher for FY2012, how come India's GDP growth was less than 7%?
Less than 7% is real growth rate, above are inflation adjusted, poor indicator to see how the states are doing.