As the Trinamool Congress won the 2021 Assembly election with the largest-ever verdict in the history of West Bengal, a familiar script sta...
As the Trinamool Congress won the 2021 Assembly election with the largest-ever verdict in the history of West Bengal, a familiar script started to play out.
From across the state, reports poured in of party-versus-party violence. Most of these reports suggested that the Trinamool Congress was responsible for the incidents. However, in some cases, the Trinamool Congress also alleged that its workers had been attacked and killed by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
BJP’s inaccurate communal label
The biggest victim of this violence, the BJP took to social media to highlight the violence against its cadres. In its messages, it portrayed the violence as communal, wrought by Muslims upon Hindus, with senior party leaders explicitly naming communities.
Alarming situation in Nanoor (Birbhum district) with more than a thousand Hindu families out in the fields to escape marauding mobs seeking to take it out against BJP supporters. Reports of molestation or worse of women. @AmitShah please rush some security to the area.
— Swapan Dasgupta (@swapan55) May 3, 2021
Violence under TMC is a reminder of Direct Action Day call by Jinnah & TMC today is Jinnah’s Muslim league.Highest crime records murders, killings, rapes & freedom of expression vocalists have chosen silence. Aisi waise, kaise taisi democracy!5 states had elections none like this
— Meenakashi...
