Bengal’s Budding Hindu Assertiveness Rattles Mamata Banerjee

by rawemotions Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:39 am

Bengal’s Budding Hindu Assertiveness Rattles Mamata Banerjee

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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has good reason to be worried: her blatant minority appeasement policy has started triggering the anticipated blowback from Hindus. Hindus have, in small but growing numbers, started gravitating towards Hindu Samhati, an apolitical body formed nine years ago to unite the Hindus and protect the rights of the community.

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What’s more, they were not deterred by on them by militant Muslims in at least a dozen-odd places in the districts around Kolkata. Heads bandaged, broken arms cast in plaster, faces and bodies bruised and battered, they nonetheless made it to the heart of Kolkata where the rally was held. And their presence enthused the others to not only make common cause with them but to resist the aggression by Muslim fundamentalists who have been targeting Hindus.

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The one lakh-odd people who flocked to central Kolkata to attend the rally knew they would be targeted by Trinamool goons once they return to their homes. And they have been. But that did not deter them from journeying to Kolkata. It was, after all, a matter of faith, a battle to safeguard their religion and their way of life. They were all very ordinary folks, all very poor or lower middle class that make them more vulnerable to the ruling party’s strong-arm tactics.

by Guest Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:56 am

swarajyamag (from where u give the extract) is a pro-BJP outfit. Not credible.

Bengal’s Budding Hindu Assertiveness Rattles Mamata Banerjee

Bengal’s Budding Hindu Assertiveness Rattles Mamata Banerjee

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