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by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 5, 2021 12:21 PM
Communist graffiti in Bengal. (Twitter)
Snapshot
The root cause of political violence in Bengal is not only the intolerance for the opposition that the CPI(M) injected into the stateâs body politic and society, and which the Trinamool has merrily adopted, but also the sorry state of Bengalâs economy.
That Bengal outdoes all other states as far as political violence is concerned is no secret.
For close to six decades now since the Naxals started their depredations, followed by their close ideological cousins â the communists â ruining Bengal, intolerance of political opposition and violent attacks on opponents have ravaged the state.
India sees a major election almost every year. A debate on One Nation – One Election has great significance for it optimizes resources, effort, time and often helps in narrowing the options of having to choose between ideologies. Questions are often asked on the legitimacy of these elections by those in opposition. Is every election a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods as H. L. Mencken, an American Journalist and Satirist asks? Not sure. Acceptance of rules, public faith in system, free speech and association, equal access to voting, accuracy in counting votes and enforceable election laws are all important. Be that as it may, from a people perspective, whom should they vote? The ‘Right’, the ‘Left’ or the ‘Centre’?