How Bengali Civil Society Stood up Against the BJP
From a peopleâs campaign on 'No Vote To BJP' to a music video by a galaxy of artists against the party's 'ideology of hatred', the civil society in Bengal had a powerful impact in the recent polls.
'No Vote to BJP' campaigners. Photo: Himadri Ghosh
Society10/May/2021
In the keenly watched assembly election of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee brought the Modi-Shah politicking to a grinding halt. Banerjee secured a landslide victory for Trinamool Congress (TMC) as it swept the state by winning 213 of the 292 seats in the state. But keeping aside all the politics and statistics, there are voices of many Bengalis, some extremely popular, some completely unknown, who raised to the occasion and took a stand against voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the polls.