We Cannot Ignore the Leftâs Role in Fostering Soft Hinduisation in Bengal
In blithely placing the blame for religious polarisation on Mamata Banerjee, CPI-M has refused to consider its own failure in fighting Hindu Right tendencies that have long existed in Bengal.
CPI(M) supporters at a public rally in Bengal. Credit: Reuters
Politics14/Mar/2021
Whatever the outcome less than two months from now, Bengalâs keenly contested assembly elections â one of a kind in recent political history â forces a rethink on issues once believed to have been done and dusted in the state. Many perhaps came to believe that the endemic conflicts roiling politics in other parts of the country (particularly, in the Hindi heartland) would be dealt with in a fitting manner in Bengal. Many, quite likely, took comfort in the attractive notion of Bengali exceptionalism.
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KOLKATA: The All India Congress Committee announced a total of 13 candidates for the 60 assembly seats going to polls in the first two phases. The list is packed with new faces, other than sitting Baghmundi MLA Nepal Mahato. Congress has fielded Partha Pratim Banerjee for the Purulia seat after outgoing MLA Sudip Mukherjee left Congress and joined BJP.
Pradesh Congress leaders will have another round of talks with Left Front leaders on Sunday to sort out “teething problems” over seat-sharing in north Bengal. Congress is not in a mood to share seats with Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front (ISF) in Malda and Murshidabad.