Amit Shah kicked off BJP campaign at West Bengal for 2021 Assembly Polls
Accordingly Union home minister amit shah virtually kicked off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) campaign for the 2021 assembly elections in West bengal on sunday with the resounding declaration that his party would capture the state with a two thirds majority.
Meanwhile it wasn’t Shah’s prognosis at his central kolkata rally that caught the ear, however. What almost drowned it out was the recrudescence of a slogan previously heard at several places in the National capital over the past month or so. There are two theories about who shouted this slogan. The obvious one is that members of the bjp on their way to the rally venue raised the slogan. The other, offered by subhash sarkar, party mp from Bankura, is that it was raised by india NATIONAL CONGRESS' target='_blank' title='congress-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">congress and Left members who had infiltrated the bjp ranks.
Moreover at any rate, if bjp members, or leaders, raise such slogans it is more likely to hurt the party, rather than help it win next year’s elections. The kind of polarisation that can be created in north india will likely not materialise in bengal, where the atmosphere is not as charged. This is not to suggest that people in north india are more susceptible to communal thinking, but to point to a different kind of political dynamic in the state.