Election Commission is active in West Bengal. It has to be seen if they succed in neutralising science from the art of electrol rigging. So far results have been onthe expected lines - large number of ghosts/bogus voters have been detected in the electro rolls. That was the contrubution of science. What about the art; will Election Commission be able to neutralise that also? The art form practiced are varied, but the most commonly applied is booth jamming; if would be interesting to see how EC can tame this menace. The ruling coalition has so far been more than quiet, they have even performed the politically correct task of welcoming EC's intervention. It is not difficult to understand the reason behind this reaction. Though corruption is wide spread in our society and almost everybody indulges in it in some degree, there is neverthelss a genuine hate against the system and therefore common man generally welcomes honest efforts to clean the system, be it by an institution or an individual. Protest against EC's efforts to restore the sanctity of the electrol rolls would not have gone down well with the voters, the ruling combine realises this too well, hence the silence. The other reason is that perhaps, for the first time ever the ruling combine has a very strong likelihood of winning the next election without actually subverting the system. In hic five years Budhhadeb Bhattacharya has succeeded in driving away the sense of hopelessness that had been pervading during the entire rule of his predecessor. By appearing to be doing something to liven up the moribund economy of the state Bhattacharya has created a feeling of optimism. It is an irony of electrol politics that an election is hardly won on the basis of actual performance. Election is won by the one who conjures up a dream of a 'sunhera kal'. It is promises that win votes not peformance. Bhattacharya's deeds in the past few years has created has fashioned feeling of promise for better tomorrow.