Bengal Wants Its Own Daughter : TMC Slogan Reflects Upcoming Polls Identity Politics
The recently announced slogan Bangla nijer meyekei chaay relies on the classic outsider versus daughter of the soil political rhetoric to counter the BJP.
Mamata Banerjee s nephew Abhishek Banerjee unveils a placard with TMC s slogan. Photo: Twitter/@BangalGorboMB
Politics22/Feb/2021
Kolkata:Â A strong pitch for identity politics and Mamata Banerjeeâs centrality to Trinamool Congress (TMC)âs scheme of things â these were the two factors highlighted by TMCâs slogan for the 2021 elections launched at a corporate-style event at the party headquarters here on Saturday.
The slogan â
Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaay â which literally means âBengal wants none but its own daughterâ was announced by TMC national general secretary Subrata Bakshi in the presence of state education minister Partha Chatterjee, panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee and members of par