Tanmay Moitra

Seeing some posts claiming Bengalis will lose their identity, if BJP comes to power. These people are forgetting or choosing to ignore one major historical fact - BJP is a Bengali party in its origin. It’s often overlooked that the roots of the BJP trace back to Bengal. BJP’s ideological predecessor was founded by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a prominent figure from Kolkata. Mookerjee was already a well known public figure, before he formed his own party. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University, was elected to the Assembly as a member of the Indian National Congress in the 1930s, and later joined the Hindu Mahasabha under Savarkar, eventually becoming its President until 1946. After independence, he became part of Jawaharlal Nehru’s first cabinet, and also contributed to the Constituent Assembly. However, following various ideological differences, especially over the Nehru-Liaquat Pact of 1950, he resigned from the cabinet. In October 1951, with support from the RSS, Mookerjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), choosing a lamp as its symbol, to contest India’s first general elections. In the 1951-52 elections, the BJS secured three Lok Sabha seats. Notably, two of these seats were from West Bengal. Mookerjee himself from South Kolkata, and Durga Charan Banerjee from Jhargram (Midnapore). The third seat was won by Uma Shankar Trivedi from Chittor, Rajasthan. This meant that two-thirds of the party’s parliamentary presence initially came from Bengal. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) transitioned into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1980. If BJP does indeed win, it will be homecoming for the party. A return to the land of its birth.

8 बजे काउंटिंग शुरू होगी 12 बजे तक TMC के पार्टी ऑफिस में ढोल नगाड़े बजने शुरू हो जाएँगे 2 बजे ममता दीदी पश्चिम बंगाल की जनता को धन्यवाद देते हुए पोस्ट करेंगी 6 बजे ममता दीदी पार्टी ऑफिस पहुंचेगी और निर्ममता वाले दादा के ख़िलाफ़ जोरदार भाषण देंगी 8 बजे मोदी जी ममता बनर्जी को चौथी बार जीतने की बधाई देंगे 🤣

This is Mamata Banerjee. Born in 1955 in Kolkata in a simple family, she grew up facing money problems. In the 1970s and 80s, she joined student politics and became active in Congress. In 1984, she became one of the youngest MPs after defeating Somnath Chatterjee. She had a tough phase due to fights within Congress and felt sidelined. In 1997, she left Congress and started her own party, Trinamool Congress. In the 2000s, she led big protests in Singur and Nandigram against land issues. People started seeing her as a leader who stood for farmers and poor people. In 2011, she ended 34 years of Left Front rule and became CM of West Bengal. She won again in 2016 and 2021 and became even stronger politically.

We have been on the ground. We are on the ground and we will continue to be on the ground. Waiting to see ECİ’s final upload. Joy Bangla

Deeply hurt by the brutal killing of our young karyakarta, Trilochan Mahato in Balarampur,West Bengal. A young life full of possibilities was brutally taken out under state’s patronage. He was hanged on a tree just because his ideology differed from that of state sponsored goons.

"Abhishek and Jahangir should be arrested." - BJP candidate Tapas Roy