HM Correspondent
Siliguri, Apr 24: History of sorts is being created at Naxalbari on Tuesday as the famous peasants’ uprising completes its 50 years. However the occasion is different as the historical place would witness the arrival of country’s second most powerful leader while the highly charged saffron brigade is preparing to welcome Amit Saha.
The BJP national president on Tuesday would visit five houses at Naxalbari as part of the BJP’s Booth Sampark Abhiyan (booth-level outreach mission) and would interact with the residents individually.
It may be recalled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2014 Lok Sabha election rally at Matigara had stated that the famous Naxalbari was still afar from development and the BJP if voted to power would change the face of the area.
S S Ahluwalia the party’s Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling who is also union minister of state for agriculture has adopted Hatighisha falling under Naxalbari block as a model village.
Hatighisha was the home of Kanu Sanyal the famous Naxalite leader.
Rahul Sinha the BJP national secretary who is overseeing the preparation for Saha’s visit on Monday said that the visit of the party’s national president in itself is a feat. No national president of a national party so far has embarked on house to house visit of commoners at Naxalbari. “Hearing the personal grievances of people individually by any president of national party has never happened,” Sinha said.
It was in 1967 the world famous peasants’ uprising erupted across villages of Naxalbari. This year marks the completion of the Naxalbari movement which had influenced similar movements throughout the world.
Saha who would be on a daylong visit at Naxalbari would address a gathering of the BJP’s intellectuals on Tuesday evening here at Indoor stadium.
His visit according to senior BJP leaders would help the party get much needed impetus at a time when the state chief minister Mamata Banerjee is trying to woo a large section of the Rajbonsis with a promise to accord constitutional recognition to Kamtapuri ( Rajbonshi) language.
Banerjee also started her North Bengal tour on Monday. She would attend a rally organized by the Kamtapur Progressive Party at Coochbehar on Tuesday whereas BJPs Saha around the same time would be discussing the party’s road map for Bengal with intellectuals and party leaders in Siliguri.
The KPP had supported BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. However despite the announcement of supporting the BJP in the 2016 assembly election, the KPP led by Atul Roy changed its mind and finally supported the TMC. The TMC leaders had promised to look into the KPP’s demand for recognition of Kamtapuri language.
Though the BJP in its 2014 Lok Sabha election manifesto said that it would sympathetically look into the long pending aspirations of the Gorkhas, Adivasis and the Rajbonsis, the KPP seems to be more reliant on the TMC ruled state government.
However Ananta Maharaja the leader of Greater Coochbehar People’s Association is supporting the BJP.
Taking note of the chief minister’s meeting with the KPP tomorrow at Coochbehar, Sinha today said “The state government has been indulging in polarization of politics. All schemes and policies of the state government are being intentionally concentrated and lined up for one certain community. The state government has deprived other communities from their rights, the former state BJP president said. This in nothing but ‘binas kale biparit buddhi’ (when our doom approaches, we go against our intelligence)” Sinha said addressing a press conference. Though Mamata Banerjee is claiming that she is a Hindu, her action reflects otherwise, he added.
“It is being felt that the state governance is depriving the Hindus from their religious rights. We will not tolerate these actions, “Sinha said predicting that the TMC government won’t complete its five- year-term.
Reacting on Banerjee’s North Bengal visit Sinha alleged: “She has come to the region to overshadow our movement. She could have visited Niti Ayog meeting in New Delhi on Sunday. That Niti Ayog meeting could have brought more developments to the state. The CM fears Saha’s visit here,” Sinha said adding that the BJP government is the only alternative for West Bengal to salvage itself out of its woes
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