Hindu strength on the rise in Murshidabad
What is making news
at the moment is not the marginal victory of Abhijit Mukherjee of Congress over Muzaffar Hussain of
CPIM, a perfect photo finish, at the Jangipur Lok Sabha by-election in Bengal today
itself but the manifestation of another imperative aspect – the steep rise of
Hindu strength in the district of Murshidabad.
The contest for the Lok
Sabha by-election at Jangipur, remaining vacant owing to elevation of its MP Pranab
Mukherjee to the President of India, had got a great media attention for two
reasons mainly – Abhijit Mukherjee,
son of Pranab Mukherjee, and the recent political developments both at Delhi
and Kolkata. From the very morning, as a result, each and every development in
the election counting was under a close watch; the winning of scion of the Indian
President by 2, 536 votes shocked many at the same instant. His father won in 2009 from the same
constituency by over 1.28 lakh votes.
What has led to the
debacle? When the same question was asked to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congres MP
from Behrampore constituency and also the pivotal individual in the district of
Murshidabad, he retorted blaming BJP for its violent agitations (in August,
2012) as regards demanding renaming of the
upcoming campus of the Aligarh Muslim University. He also held BJP responsible
for hoodwinking common people regarding FDI.
However,
Adhir also made it clear that Abhijit Mukherjee,
being an alien Hindu candidate, failed to have Muslim votes in the region.
Sudhangshu Biswas of BJP bagged 85,
887 votes – something beyond imagination in a Muslim-majority district like
Murshidabad.
Well, credit does not
go to BJP – castigated for deserting baton of Hindutva already – completely. To
be precise, a number of Hindu organizations are working tooth and nail in Murshidabad
for Hindu unity. And the same Hindu consolidation was demonstrated by today’s
electoral result.
(The report is also
available at http://southbengalherald.blogspot.in/2012/10/hindu-strength-on-rise-in-murshidabad.html)
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