Break-through

nature of office in the State today; problems have reached a stage at which nobody can really achieve anything in a hurry with the best will in the world. It is amazing still how much can be done with only a little honesty. If the new Ministers do not immediately have to think of the next election, funds therefor, they will be able to bring about tremendous changes in prices of the things the people need. The choice of Ajoy Mukherjee as leader by the C P I (M), in spite of its greater numerical strength, inspires the hope that issues may be held higher than individuals, if only in deference to the popular mood which is fiercely anti-Congress but only partially enamoured of an Opposition that cannot get on and pulls in different directions even when the Congress is in the doldrums.