Manik Sarkar: anti-ageing medicineManik Sarkar has won only one election. Even so, he could be the man to end the CPI(M)'s gerontocracy syndrome.Sarkar, who heads a ginger group of 40-somethings in the Tripura unit, is being projected as the chief ministerial candidate in the assembly elections. He's ensured that by getting his principal rival, Home Minister Samar Chowdhury, a safe Lok Sabha seat.Dasrath Deb Burman, the ageing and outgoing chief minister, has been dogged by ill-health. In contrast, Sarkar seems a babe in the woods. Maybe they'll call it the Little Red Riding Hood revolution.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Feb 9, 1998--- ENDS ---
