Going by the earlier file between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP, West Bengal is more likely to witness one of the vital high-pitched electioneering within the nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: Accusing the BJP of flouting the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday equated the saffron celebration with a toxic snake and warned the individuals of Bengal towards trusting it. Addressing a public rally in Cooch Behar, the Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee mentioned whereas one can dare to pet the toxic snake, one can by no means belief the BJP which is out to destroy the nation. She urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to rein the BJP towards utilizing central safety businesses to terrorise her celebration staff.
It is election time within the nation. And due to Banerjee, one can safely say that West Bengal will witness one of the vital high-pitched electioneering within the nation. Also, the BJP will come onerous on TMC because it smells of giant potential for enlargement within the state after it jumped from two seats in 2014 to 18 in 2019. In comparability, TMC went down from 34 seats in 2014 to 22 in 2019. The shut numbers of the 2 events point out that there will likely be a ‘battle royal’ in Bengal. Whether will probably be performed with decency and inside guidelines, is the one query. It appears unlikely.
Banerjee’s comment about BJP comes solely every week (March 26) after its MP Dilip Ghosh made a derogatory and private remark towards Banerjee making a furore within the state with TMC complaining to the ECI. “When Didi (Mamata Banerjee) goes to Goa, she calls herself the daughter of Goa. When she goes to Tripura, she says that she is the daughter of Tripura. She should first decide who is her own father…,” Ghosh had mentioned mocking Trinamool’s election slogan that “Bengal wants its own daughter.” Thankfully, the BJP has issued a show-cause discover to its former state president. But that is solely the start. One can anticipate many such assaults – verbal in addition to bodily – being flung at one another in days to return because the marketing campaign heats up.
The two events have a historical past of unhealthy blood through the elections. During the 2021 Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally sparked the decorum debate when he mocked Banerjee by calling ‘Didi-O-Didi’ in a public rally. The TMC cadre hit again violently in varied components of the state. The BJP had accused the TMC of utilizing police pressure to intimidate its voters and celebration cadres of vandalising the property and automobiles belonging to BJP staff. Several incidents of violence associated to the conflict between TMC and BJP staff had been reported within the not too long ago held native physique elections as properly.
With feelings working excessive between the cadre of each the events within the state, it’ll take enormous efforts on the a part of safety forces and the Election Commission to carry honest elections in West Bengal with none untoward incident of unhealthy blood and violence. The two-month-long marketing campaign makes it even harder.
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