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Lalan’s soldiers at Plassey
Some voices of dissent to Bengal’s communal-driven elections
In the mercenary contest for votes on religious lines in West Bengal, efforts of a few citizens groups to rekindle harmony are not entirely lost even if they remain largely obscure. In Nadia, a district bordering Bangladesh, the BJP’s CAA outreach is as much about underlining dignity for the Matuas, a Scheduled Caste Bangladeshi migrant group that is believed to be influential in approximately 40 Assembly seats, as alienating the Muslims. The strategic combination of the BJP’s communal and caste calculus derives its validation from the ruling Trinamool Congress’s ostensible “appeasement” politics. But there are pockets where remnants of Bengal’s majestic spiritual past are still relevant in countering this dominant narrative. At Kadamkhali grounds in Assanagar village stands the shrine of the greatest among the Bauls, Lalan Shah Fakir. Bauls follow the Bhakti-Sufi tradition of
Around 2,000 people gathered in Nadia’s Plassey on Monday to raise their voice against the Centre’s citizenship matrix, the protest coming in the backdrop of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state later this week and the growing demand among Matuas for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act.
A large number of villagers cutting across political lines had formed the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Manch last year to hold continuous demonstration in Plassey’s Phulbagan against the CAA and express solidarity with the protest in New Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh.
The Phulbagan protest had to be withdrawn following the outbreak of Covid-19 last year. However, the protesters returned to the same place on Monday to iterate their demand of scrapping the CAA as well as the National Population Register (NPR).
Why calling Suvendu Adhikari Mir Jafar may be admission of defeat by TMC
Why calling Suvendu Adhikari Mir Jafar may be admission of defeat by TMC
Mir Jafar is remembered in Indian history for his betrayal of the Nawab of Bengal. His defection led to the defeat of the Nawab and brought the British East Indian to political power in Bengal in 1757. Now, the TMC leaders are calling Suvendu Adhikari a Mir Jafar.
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UPDATED: December 22, 2020 18:10 IST
Former state minister Suvendu Adhikari recently switched sides from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party. (File photos)