Kolkata, March 31 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has found an unusual supporter from the State Congress leadership for her statement made in the United Kingdom regarding India's chances of making it to the top of the world economy ladder in the coming decades. Taking a diametrically opposite line from the one taken by former Pradesh Congress president Adhir Chowdhury, his successor Suvbhankar Sarkar on Sunday backed Banerjee for her statement on an alleged "bleak future" of the Indian economy in the coming decades.

"The Chief Minister was asked as to whether India will become the largest economy by 2060s or whether we will become the third largest economy anytime soon . she expressed her doubt . I think she did the right thing be...