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Aunindyo Chakravarty@Aunindyo2023·
Why is Bengal politics so violent and why was polling relatively peaceful this time? Its prehistory lies in the violent peasant movements (tebhaga) in 1946-47, which were brutally crushed, first by the Muslim League govt of Suhrawardy, then by BC Roy's Congress govt after independence. Peasant violence reappeared in 1948-50 in Kakdwip, again brutally suppressed by the then Congress govt. Then came the Naxal period, which made all parties - the Naxalites, the mainstream left, and the Congress - organise quasi-militias of their own. Finally, after the Left Front began land reforms under Operation Barga, this violence became institutionalised in the political structure of rural Bengal. The LF realised very quickly that it could not rely on the pro-landlord babus to implement its land reform programme. So, the party machinery replaced the state. The Left Front govt also empowered panchayats to identify and register the share croppers (bargadars) in rural Bengal, which made the local council the most powerful institution of the state. From there, rural Bengal became, what the political scientist Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya has called 'Party-Society'. The party oversaw and administered every level of social existence in the village - from deciding who gets ration and subsidies, to resolving family disputes. For this to work, without the formal sanction of state power, the ruling party needed to 'capture territory' through both violence and the threat of violence. The cracks in this system from the early 1990s, were caused by the LF's inability to give jobs and the growing aspirations of the next generation of bargadars. Yet the Left continued its rule till 2011, thanks to the all-encompassing, and unforgiving, Party-Society system. But there was always a sizeable anti-Left vote in Bengal (~38-40%), which sought shelter in any party that held power at the Centre. It was first the Congress, and then Mamata Banerjee after she joined the NDA. The reason why TMC couldn't make a dent in 2001 was that INC was still a player at the centre at that time, and the anti-Left vote was divided between the two. If the Left managed to sweep in 2007, it was probably because it gained from its proximity to the UPA, which was in power at the centre. Mamata couldn't offer any hope of protection for the anti-left voter. The first setback for the Left was when Mamata tied up with the Congress in 2009, after the Left had been thrown out of UPA by Manmohan Singh. From then on, TMC was able to counter the CPIM's violence in the villages, partly thanks to central backing. The other key factor for Mamata's victory was the Left's rapid loss of Muslim votes. There were several reasons for this - the Nandigram blocks targetted for acquisition were held by Muslim peasants, the Rizwanur murder case where the state govt was seen to be hand-in-glove with the killers, and the LF's attempt to secularise madrasa teaching. What followed was a sustained period of violent expulsion of rural CPIM leaders from villages, and area 'dokhol' (capture) by the TMC. Despite the massive Modi-wave across the rest of India, West Bengal stayed with TMC in 2014. But the BJP notched up a 17% vote-share, and formed the first majority govt at the centre in 30 years. This gave confidence to those at the receiving end of the TMC's violence, that the BJP under PM Modi will be able to protect them. So, the biggest bump in the BJP's support base came from the persecuted old Left cadre, while the Congress kept some of its core support base intact (in Malda/Murshidabad). And, what was once a LF vs TMC structural violence, was to become a TMC vs BJP fight for area dokhol. While violence and its threat have always been part of Bengal's polity, the worst years of election-related violence have been the ones where both sides have been evenly placed. - 2003, when Mamata was threatening to emerge as a challenger to LF rule - 2011, when she was to finally unseat the Left Front, and the TMC was able to match the Left in territorial control. Election years when one side has been overwhelmingly powerful have been relatively less violent. What does that tell us about the lack of violence in West Bengal this time? Is it the presence of central forces that has stopped TMC cadre, or is TMC's area control so strong that it does not need to be as violent?
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peeleraja@peeleraja·
Dear so-called liberals now sidling up to Madhu Kishwar just because she has turned against Modi. I have just one question for you. Are you fucking nuts?
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@PTI_News Dude introduced ujjwala yojna but forgot about increasing domestic production which led to huge increase in LPG imports! Combining that with Israel fatherland and doland sycophancy, we are now in this Manmade LPG crisis! But sure, we are no longer dependent on foreign nations🤡
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Press Trust of India@PTI_News·
Cong kept India dependent on foreign nations for decades; we have changed that: PM at Guwahati rally
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Hitesh@SachKaKavach·
@Chandrakbose @narendramodi @SuparnoSatpathy The whole day, you side with people who abuse our Hon. PM & now you’re reaching out to him for help? Why? Why not reach out to people who abuse him? Who abuse his family?
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Chandra Kumar Bose
Chandra Kumar Bose@Chandrakbose·
Dear Hon'ble-Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, you may recall I along with the members of my family, our friend Shri. @SuparnoSatpathy and many others from 'The Open Platform for Netaji' (OPN) had handed over Netaji's cap to you, which you had personally dedicated at the Netaji Museum, Red Fort - Delhi on 23 Jan - Netaji Jayanti (Patriots Day of India) '2019. A member of OPN Adv. Shri. Naveen Bamel had recently visited the said Museum and found Netaji's cap to be missing. No one at ASI could tell where the same was. Netaji is our tallest leader and this is highly embarrassing... Shall be obliged if you could kindly look into this matter. Regards @NaveenBamel3
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Talha Anjum@talhahanjum·
ye bik gayi hai gormint.
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Hemant Bhatt@hemantbhatt08·
@Aunindyo2023 @grok what was population of India in 2014 and what is it now. Isn’t a reason why gas or oil import has been increased to fulfil the needs of India population.
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@SwiggyCares The issue was resolved, I got the food delivered. But it was really late.
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Swiggy Cares@SwiggyCares·
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Hey @Swiggy what kind of shit services are you providing to your users? I ordered food more than an hour ago and no delivery partner is being assigned to it! When I tried cancelling the order, the cancellation fees was equal to the amount I paid for the food.
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Soon, a day will come when the followers of Mudi will feel ashamed to admit that they were his followers.
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