Bengal Soap Opera!

I have a busy day ahead and will quickly write a few lines on Bengal. The Election Commission has announced Sept 30 as the bypoll in Bhowanipore, where Mamata has announced her candidature.  She must get elected to the State Assembly for her continuance as the CM of Bengal. No one from the ruling party has praised the EC for being neutral, which is normal.

Be that as it may, the disarray in the BJP camp is more discernible than ever. They knew of the bypoll in the offing but have announced no candidate. One camp claims that they are unafraid and will contest against Didi. ‘Unafraid,’ of losing? It indicates that they have already given a walkover and have conceded the seat to Mamata Banerjee. There is another camp in the BJP, which claim that they are looking into the legal angles. Why? To check if the EC has been partisan in permitting the bypoll only in Bhowanipore to help Didi. I guess the judiciary has little to say and will rubbish any plea against the EC.

Meanwhile, Abhishek has dared and is in Delhi to present himself before the ED on the coal scam case. On the other hand, BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari is dodging ED summons. Certainly, the latter’s repeated escapes from summons are not adding value to the image of the BJP party in West Bengal.

Next is the summons for 3 Trinamool ministers and a police officer in Narada Scam. Again, the ED has refrained from summoning Suvendu, who was then in Trinamool and has now switched over to the BJP. Suvendu must turn approver, or else the ED must proceed against him in the same manner as with the others.

AITC, in a professional manner, started wall graffiti and postering in the prestigious Bhowanipore seat. The internal bickering of BJP over a lacklustre state leadership in West Bengal has come to the fore, resulting in many defections from the BJP back to the Trinamool.

Unless the BJP replaces their state leadership immediately, Trinamool will maul the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

Sampath Kumar

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