Mamata bets on schemes, BJP on her ‘mistakes’
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As the marketing campaign builds up in West Bengal for what’s going to be one of many fiercest electoral contests in its historical past, occasions within the State seem like unfolding in a way the Bharatiya Janata Party would really like them to.
While the native BJP leaders have, all alongside, been accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress of unleashing violence on its political opponents, the assault on the convoy of its nationwide president J.P. Nadda in South 24 Parganas on Thursday has reworked their long-standing allegation into an election subject and — in response to political observers — stands to polarise the voters on this TMC-controlled district.
“[Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief] Mamata Banerjee has lost her magic with the people, her utterances are now met with ridicule. People wait for the next funny statement from her. She now heads a crumbling government and a disintegrating party,” Jay Prakash Majumdar, vice-president of State BJP, informed The Puucho.
“It escapes me how a seasoned and shrewd leader like her can make one mistake after another. Communal polarisation is her gift to West Bengal. Before she came to power, people here never voted on the basis of religion,” Mr. Majumdar mentioned.
“Then other mistakes, like trying to prevent national-level BJP leaders from landing in Bengal to address rallies during the 2019 election, or refusing permission to the BJP to take out processions. All this is helping the BJP in an unprecedented way,” he mentioned.
Even these not aligned with any political get together agree that Ms. Banerjee, 65, is beneath strain this time. Unlike the fighter who incessantly took to the streets to take on the federal government, she is herself within the authorities in the present day, presiding over a cash-strapped State and dealing with anti-incumbency.
“There will certainly be greater pressure on her now [after the attack on Mr. Nadda’s convoy] to prove that her administration is non-partisan. The attack will also cause polarisation of voters in the area,” mentioned election analyst Biswanath Chakraborty.
The BJP seems to be simply one among her issues. Recently, TMC heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari stop her authorities; and whereas it isn’t unusual for members of her get together to modify over to the BJP, no standard face from the BJP has joined the Trinamool. It would, nonetheless, be imprudent to underestimate Ms. Banerjee. This month she launched a two-month-long ‘Government at your Doorstep’ outreach and in addition the Swasthya Sathi insurance coverage scheme — up to now the general public response to each has been encouraging. Of the opposite outreaches launched during the last one yr with nice fanfare, Didi ke Bolo (Tell Didi) has met with some success.
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