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An Imaginative Missive – ‘Narendra Modi’s Open Letter’ on Bengal polls
Preparing for the Impending Storm
Respected ‘Bangla’ – Banga Bhoomi and My dear Bengalis !!
I am writing this letter not as Prime Minister of India but rather more as a concerned citizen – who has lately seen West Bengal politics from a much closer range. The elections in West Bengal have seen violence unleashed by Trinamool Congress goons. In 2021 -- it reached a crescendo.
Do not laugh and dismiss my letter. It is ironical that for decades, Mamata Banerjee herself fought against Leftists politics of electoral violence and today her party workers have done the same.
As much they change, as much they remain the same – rightly goes the saying.
To many, this letter could appear strange, but then as for my critics – a substantial of them from West Bengal – I have been a strange politician.
For years, people’s complaint against the Communists have been that by pretending to be ‘champions of the poor’ – the Marxists have played the role of crony capitalists and promoted land mafia and ‘promoters’.
People suffered; but due to ‘fear’ they kept on voting in favour of the Leftists. There was rigging also and thus Jyoti Basu ruled for decades.
Unfortunately today, the Trinamool regime has turned more ‘communists than the Left’ on two fronts – minority appeasement and also promoting and implementing in full the ‘syndicate’ raj. The ‘tollabaji’ – I mentioned about these in election campaigning from time to time.
In 2019, I have said during last one month of election campaign that – “After suffering Congress, Communists and Trinamool misrule. Bengal is looking towards BJP with great hope. I assure them – we won’t let Bengal down”.
Some years back, when Ratan Tata was shunted out of West Bengal and was forced to shut the Nano project, I had welcomed him in Gujarat. That is certainly a different story.
The other part of the story and what is important in today’s context is that the communists’ regime under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had played a duplicity game and did try to help Indonesia’s Salim Group and also Tatas.
In fact, closer scrutiny revealed that the Marxists had gone out of their way to ‘bend’ rules and allow these two houses operate in Nandigram and Singur.
Didi fought the Leftists – sometime the right way (that is correct!) but also took help of some elements she should have avoided.
In the end of course she won 19 Lok Sabha MPs from Bengal in 2009 and finally ousted the communists from Writer’s Building in 2011.
I will not hesitate to say that Mamata Banerjee started seeing big dreams and focused less on works. She was already in the grip of syndicate and Sharada Chit fund scam. Then came in her weakness for Bhatija ! Bhaipo !!
Kya Karen !! Delhi abhi duur hae !
Therefore, I will not hesitate to tell that the credibility of her government was seriously ‘eroded’ as she deviated from the path of good governance – a point I try to always stress on.
In her desperation to fight me, she started the game of hate – a real dangerous sports in politics. In the process, she indulged in open carelessness and her party started encouraging Bangladeshi infiltrators.
Didi started hating Hindus and Hindu culture resulting in people getting worried whether they could still celebrate Durga Puja.
The words ‘Ram Dhanu’ for Rainbow and ‘Krishna Kali’ -- a type of a tree/plant ---- started irritating her.
Urdu became her preferred language and our Didi almost turned into ‘aapa’.
The mix of political appeasement towards minorities, corruption and promotion of goondaism has yielded her temporary benefits.
But once the Bengali voters could see through her machinations, they knew what to do. An overwhelming of them have turned towards the BJP. This unnerved Didi further and she started doing more mistakes and helping more consolidation in favour of my party.
Her nervousness came out in a most blatant manner in 2026 ... and hence on Jan 8th -- she went herself to disturb the works of ED officials.
The matter has gone to court. I would not touch more on that.
Meanwhile the people of Maharashtra and Mumbai have given us a massive mandate. I am grateful to the people of Mumbai for reposing confidence in the BJP.
I thank the people of Maharashtra for the NDA’s strong performance in the municipal corporation elections. This mandate is an endorsement of the alliance’s agenda of public welfare and good governance. We will march ahead towards greater glories. We are looking forward with a very positive and result-oriented mindset towards elections in West Bengal, Assam and also Kerala and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
In the ultimate, what matters is performance and sincerity.
The elections this year should serve as a reminder of what faceless common people can achieve – the real Parivartan ! – when these faceless voters are courageous and united towards achieving their target.
When history will be written about West Bengal of 2026 – well the scholars can easily start by saying – once upon a time people gave up their fears.
Sincerely - Narendra Modi
(Disclaimer - This blog is being written with a peculiar intent. Hence the entire work is imaginative and also sarcastic. It is even out of tune with modern times.
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