Opinion | How BJP is going to counter Mamata’s sympathy factor in Bengal polls
The political battle strains in Bengal have now been drawn with Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee deciding to deal with her election rally in Purulia on March 15, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching his marketing campaign from March 18.
On Friday night, Mamata Banerjee was discharged from SSKM Hospital in Kolkata after 48 hours of remark. Visuals of Mamata sitting in a wheelchair together with her left leg solid in plaster, have now turn into the important thing poster for Bengal elections. The docs had suggested her full relaxation and had mentioned that her leg can be examined after per week. But the chief minister and her aides have now determined that she would resume her ballot marketing campaign.
On Friday after her discharge from hospital, Mamata seemed weak and in ache. She was unable to get up from her wheelchair. Her safety personnel helped her by shifting the chief to the entrance seat of the car. Mamata didn’t communicate to the media after being discharged, however it is now nearly sure that she will probably be addressing most of her rallies sitting in a wheelchair. On Sunday (March 14), she is going to launch her social gathering election manifesto in Kolkata.
Now that her damage has turn into the speaking level amongst frequent voters in Bengal, the Trinamool Congress leaders expect an enormous sympathy wave in favour of their chief. Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP have demanded probe into the incident in Nandigram in which Mamata was injured. Whatever will be the final result of the probe, the sight of the chief minister addressing rallies sitting in a wheelchair is certain to turn into an enormous draw among the many crowds.
A senior Trinamool chief like Saugata Roy tried to hyperlink three factors. He mentioned, one, state BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh and Saumitra Khan had already predicted that one thing was going to occur in Nandigram, two, the Prime Minister in his Brigade Parade floor speech had requested, what if Mamata’s scooty slipped in Nandigram, and three, the DGP and ADG(Law and Order) of state police have been instantly eliminated.
It is true Modi had requested what if Mamata’s scooty slipped in Nandigram, however it was a figurative comment. He was questioning whether or not Mamta would lose the Nandigram ballot, however the PM’s comment was torn out of context by a senior chief like Saugata Roy. On Friday, Trinamool employees took out silent protest marches to condemn what they mentioned ‘attack on our leader’. Till Wednesday, Mamata’s social gathering was on the defensive with a number of leaders deserting the social gathering, however Mamata’s damage has now kindled enthusiasm amongst her candidates and supporters.
Naturally, the BJP management is nervous and their ballot calculations have gone awry. If Mamata’s damage turns into the principle political challenge, it would certainly act as a bonus level for Trinamool Congress. With Mamata campaigning in a wheelchair, the message to the voters will exit loud and clear. The ‘daughter of Bengal’ is certain to achieve sympathy, significantly amongst girls voters.
The BJP management will now have to calculate how to decrease the political harm that this incident has triggered. Till the center of this week, BJP was on the offensive, on points like minorities appeasement, Hindu points, political killings, and loss of life of BJP supporters. But now, the desk appears to have been turned.
A Mamata, sitting in a wheelchair, and levelling allegations about how she was attacked, is certain to go down deep into the psyche of the frequent Bengali voters. The visuals of Mamata’s left leg solid in plaster are certainly going to put the BJP on the defensive. BJP leaders might query, why Mamata was silent when BJP President J P Nadda’s convoy was attacked in Diamond Harbour.
The solely comfort for the BJP is that there at the moment are many leaders now in the social gathering, who have been earlier related to Mamata Banerjee. They know very nicely how Mamata, in the previous, used her accidents to sway voters. These leaders are certainly going to inform the voters that Mamata’s damage was a ‘political drama’. The most outstanding of those leaders is Suvendu Adhikari, who, on Friday, filed his nomination from Nandigram towards Mamata. It is Suvendu Adhikari who is now going to name the bluff.
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