Stobdo Hobe, Jobdo Hobe (they will be silent, they will be taken into work). The purpose of Mamata Banerjee crying at the rally of TMC’s annual martyrs was a square in the BJP. This year his voice was much more combative than last year, when the central focus had a great shadow of ED investigation among his party leaders.This time, the spotlight is on a more emotional issue: Bengalis are allegedly being targeted in BJP ruled states. For a leader, who thrives on protests on the road, which arises to ride a popular movement ride, Mamta has found a powerful rally point to recharge her cadre, which is now to recharge her cadre with the smell of corruption to surround the state’s electrical functions, to recharge her cadre, counter-hit-infighting, blunt infection, and deflect. She launched ‘Bhabhi Andol’ from Land Bolpur in Tagore on Monday, which she calls Bhasha Santrus -Linguistic Terrorism.Fear of trouble, BJP has quietly adjusted its voice in Bengal. Jai Shri Ram Mantra has gone to the backburner, while Jai Maa Durga and Jai Maa Kali have gained prominence. A few days after Abhishek Banerjee’s anger, JP Nadda resonated Jai Bangla, while PM Modi in his Durgpur speech tried to assure the feelings by giving his ‘guarantee’ to preserve ‘Bangali Asmita’. The appointment of soft -spoken, Bhadralok intellectual communal Bhattacharya is another strand of this new story as the state president.Suddenly, Bengali sub-nationalism is at the center level, such as a linguistic identity fight is provoking from Karnataka to Maharashtra across the country. But in Bengal, the picture is more layered. Identification and language collides with questions of nationality, and hot-button issues of alleged illegal migration from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Citizenship, culture and rift
From Donald Trump to Victor Orban, populist right -wing leaders have often piggishbacks on the wave of immigration issue to win the election. Although the NRC stumbled and stalled in India, many BJP -led states are now allegedly working on an MHA directive allegedly issued in May and to implement UTS to the state and UTS to implement their statutory powers to detect, identify and exist illegal migrants.In addition to the issue of security, the idea of protecting Indian culture by protecting the nation’s demographics has been a recurring subject in the words of leaders like Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and West Bengal leaders of opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Sarma’s reply to a post by Mamta Banerjee, where she vowed to fight for existence, has gone viral. His response to another lawyer in the same issue was even more eye -opening. With the latest Special Intensive Amendment (SIR) initiative of the Election Commission, now announced for nationwide implementation after its controversial rollout in Pol-Bound Bihar, it means citizenship, or lacks, a sudden burning issue has suddenly become a burning issue a few months before Bengal elections. TMC believes that Sir is not a regular exercise, but there is an NRC in disguise. Some estimates say that more than 50 lakh names can be killed in Bihar only!
TMC allegations: It’s about language
TMC MP and Chairman of Welfare Board of Migrant Workers of West Bengal, Sameerul Islam told TOI that people are being purely targeting to speak Bengali. An alumni from IIT Delhi, claiming that people’s documents have been seen with property deeds by 1922, yet illegally branded and pushed back into Bangladesh. He alleged that not only Muslims, but Hindus are also being questioned and will have to face a serious investigation in the coming days. While 1.5 crore workers from other states work independently in Bengal, some of the 21 lakh Bengalis are working out, the MP is at the forefront of this protest. Regarding the details and pushbacks, the BJP has so far rejected the claim firmly, saying that the law enforcement is only harassing those who give a needle of doubt. But many people believe that this story cannot be unwanted. In Odisha, 403 out of 447 were to be released after verification to alleged Bangladeshis. Similar cases have also been reported in NCR. This is the pilgrimage of TMC that the innocents are being randomly raised or with devious intentions. To make cases worse for the BJP, members of the Matua community were allegedly detained in Maharashtra, and a Rajbanshi from Bengal received an NRC notice in Assam among others, leading to fuel in Mamta’s political fire.
Matua and Rajbanshi Factor
In Bengal, Matua in the south and Rajbanshi in the north are the two major scheduled caste communities. Rajabanshis number is approximately 4 million; Matua over 3 million according to various estimates. Both were wooed with BJP’s CAA promise and have supported the party to a large extent in recent elections. Unexpectedly, in 2021, BJP won 32 of 68 SC seats in the assembly elections. If the saffron party has any possibility of winning Bengal in 2026, it needs to improve its tally between SC-ST seats. Thus, TMC is going to the city, even Hindus are not safe from this practice, especially marginalized. This story can transfer loyalty, supervisor. Professor Subhamoy Maitra has warned that even though only a few of these communities face harassment, the perception of being under investigation can hurt the BJP. While Sir can have procedural qualifications, politically it can turn into quicksand, especially if Mamta is successful in preparing it as a witch-shikar. Also, a lot will depend on the composition of those whose names are removed after the end of Sir exercise, according to the social scientist. However, Maitra also believes that the BJP can walk in a trap. He suggests that the saffron party needs to highlight the functions of the lapse and commission by the TMC, such as the ruling party focusing on the doles, including Rs 10 lakh per booth as part of the community connect plan. He argues that political discourse should return to development rather than moving around the politics of identity and emotional appeals. The way TMC has resorted to corruption, it should be called effectively, Maitra concluded.
Rohingya Bogi or Reality?
Mamta has recently expressed doubts about the BJP’s claim that 17 lakh Rohingyas in India said that global figures have kept her total population at a distance of just 11 lakhs. Toi Dr. Talked to Suchrita Sengpta, who completed his PhD on the statelessness and Rohingya crisis in South Asia. According to him, there are no reliable estimates for how many Rohingyas are currently in India, although the best estimate is about 40,000 in 2018. She claims that Bengalis and Rohingya are linguistic. In fact, most Rohingya youth interviewed favorite Hindi or English.For many of them, India was never a destination, only a transit. Nevertheless, as it is in luck, they now find themselves stuck. Even if identified, Togupta asks, where can they be sent? Neither Myanmar nor Bangladesh are likely to accept them. Due to no global structure for refugee repatriation, the situation remains a gray zone. She says that the absence of an international charter to provide citizenship makes the issue even more uncertain, she says.
Effect within BJP
Former Governor and former BJP chief in Bengal, Tathagata Roy has claimed that both Bengalis, Hindus and Muslim officials are helping and should actively participate in identifying Bangladeshi Muslims and Rohingyas. He reiterates confidence in the words of the Suvendu officer that the party will protect the interests of Hindus migrating from Bangladesh. However, not all are confident in BJP.Khagan Murmu, MP from Malda North in a border district, says he was hurt that Bengali workers are being embarrassed and are being forced to answer questions in other states. “Bangladeshi intruders are really in large numbers. So I recommend the workers of our state to take identity cards and avoid such embarrassment,” he said.Asked about Murmu’s concerns, Roy told TOI that the intrusion has been happening since the early 1980s. He admitted that with such broad ground work, some issues are bound to harvest, but he said that TMC would try to fly them out of proportion. BJP leadership and central government, he said, it should be handled with political care. The presence of river borders virtually becomes extremely difficult to patrol effectively, Roy explained that when illegal immigration remains a reality even after ten years of the Modi government.
Tmc consciousness An opportunity, BJP pushes back
For now, TMC is using uncertainty as a powerful election weapon. With inconvenience, the BJP has carried forward its counter-invasive. The West Bengal unit is posting videos of Bengalis living peacefully in Delhi and other places.Meanwhile, NCR has become a hotspot for detens that has attracted more mainstream attention to the issue. In Gurgaon alone, 237 persons have been detained. The eviction agent in Vasant Kunj in Jai Hind Colony in Delhi has been stopped after a court order, where light and electricity connections were cut by the authorities. All these incidents have been strictly opposed by TMC and Sameerul’s choice has tried to help the affected families. As Bengal moves towards another high-day election, BJP is doubled on nationalism, identity and security. Whether it enhances its base or increases the backfire with bureaucracy, as the fact would depend on the perception.
