Attack on JP Nadda, Kailash Vijayvargiya in Bengal: Let’s decode TMC-BJP violent clashes

[Gaali_Gottam_Govinda]

Violence in Bengal politics is the order of the day now with political violence making headlines particularly after the BJP emerged as principal rival to Mamata Banerjee’s TMC in 2018 panchayat polls, and followed it up with a robust performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Another day of political violence in West Bengal. Stones were hurled at the convoy of BJP president JP Nadda and Kailash Vijayvargiya, the party general secretary in-charge of West Bengal. Vijayvargiya shared a video that showed a cracked windshield and a concrete piece that broke through the glass defences of the vehicle.

Nadda and Vijayvargiya were en route to Diamond Harbour. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee is the Lok Sabha MP from Diamond Harbour. Stone-pelting at two senior BJP leaders is the latest in the series of violence involving the TMC and the BJP in West Bengal.

Last week, clashes marred the BJP and TMC outreach programmes in the poll-bound Bengal. On December 5, clashes took place in the West Burdwan, Dungarpur and Cooch Behar districts.

In Burdwan, the BJP alleged that five party workers sustained bomb and bullet injuries in attacks the TMC-backed criminals. The TMC hit back saying the BJP workers attacked its workers during their duware sarkar” (government at the doorstep) campaign.

Vijayvargiya on that day went to a private hospital in Durgapur to see the injured party worker. In Cooch Behar district, the BJP alleged that the TMC workers hurled bombs its members took part in the “aar noi anyay” (no more injustice) campaign.

On November 25, crude bombs were hurled and stones thrown during TMC-BJP clashes in Birbhum when BJP workers were on their way to attend Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh’s public meeting in the district. Clashes spilled over to nearby villages. Police had to use tear gas shells to disperse the mob and clear the roads.

On November 22, former IPS officer and BJP leader Bharati Ghosh’s convoy was blocked and BJP-TMC workers clashed in Purba Medinipur district. Bharati Ghosh was once a confidante of Mamata Banerjee but she is now a fierce opponent of the TMC chief.

Violence in Bengal politics is the order of the day now.

Barring election results, political violence has been making headlines from Bengal particularly after the BJP emerged as principal rival to Mamata Banerjee’s TMC in 2018 panchayat polls, and followed it up with a robust performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

The BJP has claimed that more than 120 party workers have lost their lives in attacks allegedly carried out by the TMC workers and supporters. The TMC has denied all allegations of violence.

Bengal has a history of political violence. Some say violence is still the route to power in Bengal.

Some academicians pin the beginning of political violence in Bengal in the 1905-decision of the British government to partition Bengal. However, those were different times, and historians have attributed post-partition violence in Bengal to the rise of national identity among the people.

Post-Independence political violence began in Bengal from the Naxalbari movement beginning in 1960s. The Naxalbari activists, inspired by communist ideology, did not believe in democracy and elections putting them in a clash with the ruling Congress party and the government.

The resulting violence created a political atmosphere that saw the Left Front occupy power in Bengal in 1977, the year when the Congress last saw the seat of governance in Bengal.

The next phase of violence began in 1990s, when the Left Front tried to block liberalisation taking roots in Bengal when the rest of India had opened itself to globalisation. Job and industrial crises became stark in Bengal.

By the end of 1990s, Mamata Banerjee had seen an opportunity and formed her own outfit, the Trinamool Congress, severing her ties with the Congress. Violence by now had become the order of the day. The Left Front constituents made sure that the ruling parties dominated the violent game of thrones in Bengal.

BJP’s rise and changing political culture in Bengal

The TMC-BJP clashes are, however, different from the Congress-Left and Left-TMC violence in the sense that the BJP has added for the first time the dimension of Hindutva in Bengal political. The previous political clashes did not have religious sentiments or identity as a dimension in the fight for dominating Bengal.

Incidents like communal violence during Ram Navami in Asansol in 2017, later when Vidyasagar’s statue was vandalised or when the BJP made the Saraswati Puja a political issue in Bengal. This year, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) emerged as another polarising issue in Bengal, where around 27-28 per cent voters are Muslims.

Recent elections in Bengal have seen widescale violence including deaths. In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, around 750 people were injured and seven killed in violent clashes. In comparison, three people had lost their lives in poll-related clashes in 2009.

In 2015 civic polls, four people died and more than 460 incidents of violence were reported. The 2018 panchayat polls, which appear to be another inflection point in political violence in Bengal, more than a dozen people lost their lives in election-related clashes.

During the 2019 Lok Sabha election, “unprecedented violence” was seen when then BJP chief Amit Shah held a roadshow and rally in Kolkata. The BJP and TMC workers clashed in Kolkata. Amit Shah’s convoy had been pelted with stones when it was on its way to Swami Vivekananda’s residence in North Kolkata.

In 2019 polls, at least three people died in poll-related violence in Bengal. The BJP, after winning the Lok Sabha election, invited the kin of 42 party workers killed in political violence in Bengal to the second swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This set the BJP’s agenda for 2021 Bengal election.

 

Free gaa TRP penchutunnaru BJP ki....... ee opposition pulka gaalu....... Dora gaadu kooda attacks start chestado ledo choodali

[ZoomNaidu]

MB Patheeth ani oka 2-3 yerrifuk fiberals raavaley ee paatiki 

[Vaampire]

President rule petti militry ni dinchali

[ZoomNaidu]

16 minutes ago, Vaampire said:

President rule petti militry ni dinchali

Owaisi gaadu annattu oka 15 mins mana @batman2 ki ivvaaali - ee lathkor politicians andharni finish chesosthaadu 😎😎

[Ayodhyaramayyaips]

1 hour ago, Gaali_Gottam_Govinda said:

Violence in Bengal politics is the order of the day now with political violence making headlines particularly after the BJP emerged as principal rival to Mamata Banerjee’s TMC in 2018 panchayat polls, and followed it up with a robust performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Another day of political violence in West Bengal. Stones were hurled at the convoy of BJP president JP Nadda and Kailash Vijayvargiya, the party general secretary in-charge of West Bengal. Vijayvargiya shared a video that showed a cracked windshield and a concrete piece that broke through the glass defences of the vehicle.

Nadda and Vijayvargiya were en route to Diamond Harbour. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee is the Lok Sabha MP from Diamond Harbour. Stone-pelting at two senior BJP leaders is the latest in the series of violence involving the TMC and the BJP in West Bengal.

Last week, clashes marred the BJP and TMC outreach programmes in the poll-bound Bengal. On December 5, clashes took place in the West Burdwan, Dungarpur and Cooch Behar districts.

In Burdwan, the BJP alleged that five party workers sustained bomb and bullet injuries in attacks the TMC-backed criminals. The TMC hit back saying the BJP workers attacked its workers during their duware sarkar” (government at the doorstep) campaign.

Vijayvargiya on that day went to a private hospital in Durgapur to see the injured party worker. In Cooch Behar district, the BJP alleged that the TMC workers hurled bombs its members took part in the “aar noi anyay” (no more injustice) campaign.

On November 25, crude bombs were hurled and stones thrown during TMC-BJP clashes in Birbhum when BJP workers were on their way to attend Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh’s public meeting in the district. Clashes spilled over to nearby villages. Police had to use tear gas shells to disperse the mob and clear the roads.

On November 22, former IPS officer and BJP leader Bharati Ghosh’s convoy was blocked and BJP-TMC workers clashed in Purba Medinipur district. Bharati Ghosh was once a confidante of Mamata Banerjee but she is now a fierce opponent of the TMC chief.

Violence in Bengal politics is the order of the day now.

Barring election results, political violence has been making headlines from Bengal particularly after the BJP emerged as principal rival to Mamata Banerjee’s TMC in 2018 panchayat polls, and followed it up with a robust performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

The BJP has claimed that more than 120 party workers have lost their lives in attacks allegedly carried out by the TMC workers and supporters. The TMC has denied all allegations of violence.

Bengal has a history of political violence. Some say violence is still the route to power in Bengal.

Some academicians pin the beginning of political violence in Bengal in the 1905-decision of the British government to partition Bengal. However, those were different times, and historians have attributed post-partition violence in Bengal to the rise of national identity among the people.

Post-Independence political violence began in Bengal from the Naxalbari movement beginning in 1960s. The Naxalbari activists, inspired by communist ideology, did not believe in democracy and elections putting them in a clash with the ruling Congress party and the government.

The resulting violence created a political atmosphere that saw the Left Front occupy power in Bengal in 1977, the year when the Congress last saw the seat of governance in Bengal.

The next phase of violence began in 1990s, when the Left Front tried to block liberalisation taking roots in Bengal when the rest of India had opened itself to globalisation. Job and industrial crises became stark in Bengal.

By the end of 1990s, Mamata Banerjee had seen an opportunity and formed her own outfit, the Trinamool Congress, severing her ties with the Congress. Violence by now had become the order of the day. The Left Front constituents made sure that the ruling parties dominated the violent game of thrones in Bengal.

BJP’s rise and changing political culture in Bengal

The TMC-BJP clashes are, however, different from the Congress-Left and Left-TMC violence in the sense that the BJP has added for the first time the dimension of Hindutva in Bengal political. The previous political clashes did not have religious sentiments or identity as a dimension in the fight for dominating Bengal.

Incidents like communal violence during Ram Navami in Asansol in 2017, later when Vidyasagar’s statue was vandalised or when the BJP made the Saraswati Puja a political issue in Bengal. This year, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) emerged as another polarising issue in Bengal, where around 27-28 per cent voters are Muslims.

Recent elections in Bengal have seen widescale violence including deaths. In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, around 750 people were injured and seven killed in violent clashes. In comparison, three people had lost their lives in poll-related clashes in 2009.

In 2015 civic polls, four people died and more than 460 incidents of violence were reported. The 2018 panchayat polls, which appear to be another inflection point in political violence in Bengal, more than a dozen people lost their lives in election-related clashes.

During the 2019 Lok Sabha election, “unprecedented violence” was seen when then BJP chief Amit Shah held a roadshow and rally in Kolkata. The BJP and TMC workers clashed in Kolkata. Amit Shah’s convoy had been pelted with stones when it was on its way to Swami Vivekananda’s residence in North Kolkata.

In 2019 polls, at least three people died in poll-related violence in Bengal. The BJP, after winning the Lok Sabha election, invited the kin of 42 party workers killed in political violence in Bengal to the second swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This set the BJP’s agenda for 2021 Bengal election.

 

Free gaa TRP penchutunnaru BJP ki....... ee opposition pulka gaalu....... Dora gaadu kooda attacks start chestado ledo choodali

https://www.facebook.com/426895610773497/posts/3447355402060821/

Oopali idhi kuda sudundri...some political goons attacking a deputy CM office..mundhu mana muddee sakkaga kadukunna tarvatha pakkodi back kadugudhamu...

[Picheshwar]

[ZoomNaidu]

12 minutes ago, Ayodhyaramayyaips said:

https://www.facebook.com/426895610773497/posts/3447355402060821/

Oopali idhi kuda sudundri...some political goons attacking a deputy CM office..mundhu mana muddo sakkaga kadukunns tarvatha pakkodi back kadugudhamu...

The Logical India -> their posts sums it all 😉😉 better they change channel to The Anti India. 

[Ayodhyaramayyaips]

33 minutes ago, ZoomNaidu said:

The Logical India -> their posts sums it all 😉😉 better they change channel to The Anti India. 

Sarey logical India gurinchi idisey ...what about the video innnit???

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/deputy-cm-sisodia-s-residence-attacked-by-bjp-goons-in-police-presence-alleges-aap/story-PemYPERhExGhaoQr2HtyaL.html

Prathi issue ni binary lens la chusthey etla kaka.....one who doesn't support present dispensation isn't anti india ...aah logic la chusthey even the ones who opposed previous dispensation was anti india...so anna hazare anti india antaava...even now anna is supporting framers protest...you know that bj aren't the torch bearers of national pride...antha ga gula ekkuva untey bj members andharini Elli border lo nilchomanu...mark my words irrespective of parties prathi odu pantlu udipoyela urkutharu bhayapadi...

 

[Pappu_Packitmaar]

Bengal standards..! One of the last states in India where political violence exists..

Last few days...enthaina old habits kada, time padtadi..

[Lonelyloner]

Dont belive media fools 

decomcracy is dead

[Vaampire]

1 hour ago, ZoomNaidu said:

Owaisi gaadu annattu oka 15 mins mana @batman2 ki ivvaaali - ee lathkor politicians andharni finish chesosthaadu 😎😎

Vere okkariki enduku.. naaku ichina thisukunta chance

[Ryzen_renoir]

TMC violence  common , president rule picha lite . 

[Lonelyloner]

sollu media, news, tv channels

labour bjp

boot licking bjp dbians

[Proud_Atheist]

12 minutes ago, Lonelyloner said:

sollu media, news, tv channels

labour bjp

boot licking bjp dbians

safron terroristds

 

[Pappu_Packitmaar]

Tala pagalakunda, tupaki pelakunda bengal la elections jariginattu charitra lo ledu..