IIPM Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri on Internet Hooliganism
In Marxism, religion does not mix with politics. Remember the raging debate that was triggered in 2006 when the then minister for sports and CPM leader Subhash Chakraborty paid obeisance to Goddess Kali at Tarapith?
But ironically the leftist aversion to religion did not stop the CPM from using Durga Puja festivities to reach out to the people of the state. It was customary for the party to set up stalls around Puja pandals for the purpose. Over the years, the number of such stalls crossed the 100-mark in Kolkata and touched 1,000 across West Bengal. However, the picture was very different this year. In the CPM stronghold of Barasat West, the regional committee of the party put up a stall and duly inaugurated it on Saptami, the first day of Durga Puja. But it remained shut for the entire duration of the festivities. Local CPM leaders cited lack of manpower for this state of affairs.
And it wasn't just Barasat where this happened. In various other towns of
Bengal such in Durgapur, Asansol, Barrackpur and Siliguri CPM stalls selling Marxist literature were conspicuous by their absence.
They were replaced by stalls named after Jaago Bangla (Arise Bengal), the mouthpiece of the Trinamool Congress. According to Trinamool functionaries officials, “This year over 100 Jago Bangla stalls were put up in the city and many other parts of the state.” Twenty-three books written by Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee sold like hot cakes from these stalls, as did six to seven monographs on the Singur-Nandigram movements.
Mamata is losing no opportunity to appeal to the devout in Bengal. She is everywhere, demonstrating unfailing religious fervour. From offering namaaz during Eid to ribbon cutting at Durga Puja pandals, she has been in overdrive, here eyes set firmly on next year's Assembly polls.
In comparison with 12 Durga Puja inauguration requests after the 2004 Lok Sabha elections (Mamata was the single Trinamool MP in Lok Sabha back then) this year more than 300 puja organisers requested her presence in puja mandaps in different parts of Bengal.
It’s not that CPM was total casual about the winds of change. Party leaders did their utmost to grasp the meaning of the new phenomenon that is unfolding in Bengal and do something reversing the trend. From state party secretary Biman Bose to state health minister Suryakanta Misra, almost all the topmost party leaders contributed articles to the Puja specials of their party mouthpieces. But On Bijoya Dashami, in Barrackpur, revellers used green gulaal instead of the traditional red. A sign of things to come?
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In Marxism, religion does not mix with politics. Remember the raging debate that was triggered in 2006 when the then minister for sports and CPM leader Subhash Chakraborty paid obeisance to Goddess Kali at Tarapith?
But ironically the leftist aversion to religion did not stop the CPM from using Durga Puja festivities to reach out to the people of the state. It was customary for the party to set up stalls around Puja pandals for the purpose. Over the years, the number of such stalls crossed the 100-mark in Kolkata and touched 1,000 across West Bengal. However, the picture was very different this year. In the CPM stronghold of Barasat West, the regional committee of the party put up a stall and duly inaugurated it on Saptami, the first day of Durga Puja. But it remained shut for the entire duration of the festivities. Local CPM leaders cited lack of manpower for this state of affairs.
And it wasn't just Barasat where this happened. In various other towns of
Bengal such in Durgapur, Asansol, Barrackpur and Siliguri CPM stalls selling Marxist literature were conspicuous by their absence.
They were replaced by stalls named after Jaago Bangla (Arise Bengal), the mouthpiece of the Trinamool Congress. According to Trinamool functionaries officials, “This year over 100 Jago Bangla stalls were put up in the city and many other parts of the state.” Twenty-three books written by Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee sold like hot cakes from these stalls, as did six to seven monographs on the Singur-Nandigram movements.
Mamata is losing no opportunity to appeal to the devout in Bengal. She is everywhere, demonstrating unfailing religious fervour. From offering namaaz during Eid to ribbon cutting at Durga Puja pandals, she has been in overdrive, here eyes set firmly on next year's Assembly polls.
In comparison with 12 Durga Puja inauguration requests after the 2004 Lok Sabha elections (Mamata was the single Trinamool MP in Lok Sabha back then) this year more than 300 puja organisers requested her presence in puja mandaps in different parts of Bengal.
It’s not that CPM was total casual about the winds of change. Party leaders did their utmost to grasp the meaning of the new phenomenon that is unfolding in Bengal and do something reversing the trend. From state party secretary Biman Bose to state health minister Suryakanta Misra, almost all the topmost party leaders contributed articles to the Puja specials of their party mouthpieces. But On Bijoya Dashami, in Barrackpur, revellers used green gulaal instead of the traditional red. A sign of things to come?
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management
Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society....
Arindam Chaudhuri: We need Hazare's leadership
IIPM BBA MBA B-School: Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize To Irom Chanu Sharmila
GIDF Club of IIPM Lucknow Organizes Blood Donation Camp
Award Conferred To Irom Chanu Sharmila By IIPM
IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm - Planman Consulting
IIPM Lucknow – News article in Economic Times and Times of India
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