[bruinbirdman]

"So is the “fiery” railways gal like the Indian Sarah Palin, or Michelle Bachman, or perhaps our own Indian-American Nikki Haley?"

Mamata Banerjee: India's Communist 'giant killer'

yitbos

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Looks like someone’s tough momma. not a hottie for sure.

[1010RD]

Still, while most observers believed a change in government was inevitable, they fret about Banerjee's ability to govern.

Since 2009, with her Trinamool Congress forming part of the national coalition government, she has served as minister of railways, but critics note its finances are in a mess.

"She's unpredictable in nature," said Purosattam Bhattacharya, who teaches international relations at Kolkata's Jadavpur University.

"We have to wait and see what she can do for the people of the state," he said.

Sounds like they traded their communists for a Democrat.