West Bengal is all gearing up for polls and its campaignversus campaign for Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC).
TMC launched a campaign, ‘Singh Bangla Nijer Meyeke Chai’.In English, it means, West Bengal wants its own daughter as its face.
There has been campaigns in which the Trinamool congressis trying to portray BJP as external force while the TMC is native to WestBengal.
After the above slogan by TMC, BJP has come up with itsown ‘Bangla Nijer Meyeke Chai, Pishi Not’. In English, it means, ‘Bengal wantsits own daughter as its face but not Pishi (Mamata)’.
The politics in West Bengal is getting murkier withdifferent slogans. Battle cries are being raised in which people are being pursuedto vote for 'Daughter of Bengal' against the 'Outside Elements.'
Reportedly, such campaigns could create fresh divisionsbetween Bengali and Non-Bengali segments. Different groups are using various deitiesto strengthen their game in the upcoming elections.
Some use Durga, the deity as the epitome of Bengaliidentity while the other side is using lord Ram as a symbol of nationalidentity.