‘SCs are beggars by nature,’ TMC is rattled after Dalit vote base shifts to BJP

Sujata Mondal Khan, a senior TMC chief, known as the Scheduled Castes “beggars by nature” as a result of they’re voting for BJP within the 2021 meeting election. “The Scheduled Caste here are beggars by nature. Even after all that Mamata Banerjee did for them, they are going after the little money that BJP is offering them. They are selling their votes to the BJP,” stated Khan in an interview.The BJP uploaded a video of her interview on social media and tweeted, “Sujata Mandal of Trinamool, close to Mamata Banerjee, blatantly accuses the Scheduled Caste community of Bengal as “beggars by nature”. Can the individuals of Bengal give TMC a befitting reply and throw them out of energy? Dalit Samaaj (Rajbanshi, Matua, Namasudra) deserves higher.”Sujata Mandal of Trinamool, near Mamata Banerjee, blatantly accuses the Scheduled Caste neighborhood of Bengal as “beggars by nature”.Can the individuals of Bengal give TMC a befitting reply and throw them out of energy? Dalit Samaaj (Rajbanshi, Matuas, Namasudras) deserves higher. pic.twitter.com/bJT4acPiCN— BJP Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) April 10, 2021In the title of casteless politics, the political events in West Bengal marginalised the Scheduled Castes. Now that the individuals from these communities are voting for the BJP, the TMC leaders are calling them beggars.The facade of casteless politics modified after the BJP began making inroads within the state. The occasion, with the organisational energy of RSS, labored tirelessly within the tribal and rural areas of the state, the place the vast majority of the inhabitants is from decrease castes and scheduled tribes.In Bengal, BJP’s prime voter base consists of OBCs, SCs and STs. Riding on the recognition amongst these communities, the occasion managed to win 18 seats out of 42 seats within the 2019 basic elections in West Bengal. The constituencies that the occasion majorly gained in 2019 have been rural – primarily within the Western and Northern areas of the state.The BJP has wooed the voters from the OBC, SC (Mahishyas, Tamus, Sahas, and Telis, Sadgops, and Namsudras) and ST communities, who represent above 50 per cent of the state’s whole inhabitants, and is mainstreaming leaders from these communities.In the title of casteless politics, the politics of West Bengal had been dominated by the Bhadralok Community, which constitutes three higher castes- Brahmin, Baidya and Kayastha. These castes account for simply 20 per cent of the state’s whole inhabitants. But, all of the CMs of the state – whether or not of CPM, Congress or TMC – have been from the Bhadralok neighborhood. OBCs, SCs and STs by no means had a say within the politics of Bengal.After the Mandal Commission report advised a quota for Other Backward Classes, the then CM of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu stated, “West Bengal has only two castes- rich and poor.” The Communists by no means realised the peculiar nature of Indian society the place caste issues greater than the category, and due to this fact, the politics of the state remained in Bhadralok elitism.Read More: ‘No caste, just class in Bengal’- the idea that turned the tide in opposition to Mamata in BengalBecause the early 2010s, BJP has been tirelessly working, particularly within the OBC and ST-dominated areas of West Bengal. Dilip Ghosh, who comes from the Sadgop caste of the Jungle Mahal region-one of the backward areas of West Bengal, was appointed because the President of West Bengal BJP in 2015.In the 2021 Assembly Elections, the individuals from the non-Bhadralok neighborhood will probably reclaim their rightful place in Bengal politics and this can change the picture of the state ceaselessly. The earlier left-front governments and the present Mamata authorities have destroyed the economic system of the state, due to this fact, a regime change is important to place it again on the trail of development. Only a regime change can deliver again the golden days of West Bengal and the BJP is ensuring of that.