Kolkata, March 20 -- A politically volatile yet matured State the political parties of Bengal had never been so unprepared ahead of the "electoral exams" so to say.

This because no political group --- in the tri-cornered contest that Bengal was going to witness these general elections --- seems to be in peace with itself as intra-party or intra-group differences tended delay their declaration of candidates in the coming Lok Sabha elections even three days after the Election Commission of India announced the polls.

While there were still difference in the BJP on the names of 7-8 candidates in constituencies --- despite several rounds of talks --- like Bankura, Medinipur, Krishangar and even Barrackpore the TMC too looked less confident thi...