Opinion | Why A New BJP Government In Bengal On Rabindra Jayanti Is Significant |
Opinion | Why A New BJP Government In Bengal On Rabindra Jayanti Is Significant
It marks the beginning of an attempt to move Bengal away from fear, political violence and cynical appeasement towards self-confidence, enterprise and civilisational pride.
The swearing-in of West Bengal’s first BJP government on Rabindra Jayanti is not merely symbolic politics. It is a civilisational correction.
For far too long, Bengal — the cradle of India’s intellectual and spiritual renaissance — was governed by regimes that seemed deeply disconnected from the very ethos that once made the state a cultural torch-bearer. The significance of a BJP government taking oath on the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore lies precisely in this: Bengal is attempting to rediscover its soul.
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Bengal is the land of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, who challenged social evils through enlightened reforms. It is the land of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami Vivekananda, who infused India with spiritual confidence and national awakening. The land of Tagore, whose poetry elevated freedom from a political aspiration to a civilisational ideal.
Yet under Mamata Banerjee, Bengal increasingly resembled a state inspired less by its sages and reformers and more by the politics of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy — where intimidation, communal appeasement and suppression of political opponents became normalised instruments of governance.
The post-poll violence of 2021 remains one of independent........