In a peculiar situation, there appears to be little dissatisfaction against Mamata Banerjee, who remains popular. The same can't be said for her party leaders.
Purulia: A friendly banter between a group of friends, all in their early twenties, in Baghmundi, summed up the political mood in Purulia, the western-most district of West Bengal.
“Tora jaake dibi de, ami toh TMC keyee vote debo (All of you can vote for whoever you want, I will vote for only the TMC),” said Rupam Mahato, currently unemployed since the lockdown. He had been a factory worker in New Delhi.
The four others in the group laughed it off, while one of them, Shishir Mahato, interjected, “Ebare kintu poriborton aatkatey paarbe na keu, tui ja korar kore ney (You do whatever, but no one can stop the change this time).”
“Kawla chaap jodi na hoto, kono confusion e thaakto na. Kintu last ei jeetbey oyi (Had
this seat not gone to the banana symbol, there would have been no
confusion. But at the end, he will win),” interrupted one Rajesh Mahato,
in the group.
The ‘banana symbol’ that Rajesh referred to is the election symbol of Sudesh Mahato-led All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), a Jharkhand-based party which is contesting this lone constituency in the state as an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Except for Ranabir, members of this group all intensely spoke for a change in the state. Most said that only the BJP could successfully overthrow the “despotic” TMC regime.
A casual survey of Baghmundi, otherwise known for its famed Ajodhya Hill, overwhelmingly favoured the BJP, despite the fact that the current Congress legislator Nepal Mahato barely faces any anti-incumbency.
SOURCE ; THE WIRE
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