A shot in the Left arm!

The mammoth rally at the Brigade would definitely supply oxygen to the apparently sagging morale of the Left leaders following massive debacle in Panchayet and civic polls.Adding insult to injury three MLAs of the Left Front switched their allegiance over to TMC in recently concluded RS poll that helped TMC to send their fourth candidate to RS and later they formally joined the ruling party.True, such instances of defection from the Left parties are few and far between compared to other parties but nevertheless there is fear that others might follow suit.What's more, Mukul Roy claimed many CPI(M) MLAs are also sitting on the fence and might join his party at any time. In fact, leaders of the TMC were worried that there might be mass exodus from the opposition to the ruling party and the state would be bereft of opposition.They, of course, argue those who are decamping their parties to join TMC are doing so enchanted and enthused by enormous developmental work s being done by Mamata Banerjee.The defectors too argue in the same vein to vindicate their joining the ruling parties.But what's reality is money plays the pivotal role to tempt these MLAs to change sides.In fact, those who leave their parties in trying times are likely to be more liabilities than assets to the party they join.No political party, however, realize this home truth.Hopefully, the massive rally at Brigade would help the Left to arrest defection and turn around to fight back in Lok Sabha polls. People attended the Brigade rally of the Left braving many odds.They were allegedly intimidated by TMC activists. They were denied overnight shelter to stay at Kolkata by the govt as was given to those attended the TMC rally at Brigade held only a few days earlier.So most of the participants in the Left rally were supposed to be true supporters or sympathizers of the Left. .But the recent disastrous performance of the Left front in the Panchayet or civic polls does not bear out this claim.So were these elections well-rigged and farce as the oppositions contended? Question remains.