Will Mamata centre confrontation consolidate opposition unity more cohesively

As the general elections are nearing the confrontation between the BJP led NDA government and the anti BJP opposition is increasing day by day.

The recent confrontation over the CBI inquiry against the police chief of West Bengal ruled by the TMC in connection with the multi crore Ponzy scam, skipping CBI warrants n subsequent forcible arrest of CBI officials, compounded by mass Dharna of West Bengal Chief minister Mamta Bennerjee accusing the union government n the BJP in particular of calculatedly harrassing n victimising the opposition ruled states, its CMs n political arch rivals, thus openly misusing the premier investigating agency has raised a vital question of unconstitutional mis governence n misusing of constititional bodies in the country.

Almost all the opposition leaders of 22 parties regional and national have come together to solidly stand behind West Bengal CM Mamata Bannerjee who has accused the government of misusing investigating agencies right at the time of general elections in order to politically demoralise the opposition parties n its rank n file.

West Bengal CM Mamata Bannerjee said that she is ready to give life but won’t tolerate insult to the police commissioner’s chair.

The West Bengal CM has recently organised a massive rally inviting 22 opposition leaders in Kolkatta which was a grand success and has also disallowed permission to land the choppers of BJP Supremo Amit Shah and UP CM Yogi Adityanath who had come to address pre election rallies in Bengal in the run up to the general election scheduled for May 2019. This has badly annoyed n disenchanted Amit Shah n UP CM. Since then there had been lot of controvercies n media blitzcriez from both the sides.

The West Bengal CM n non BJP opposition charge that it was against this step of Mamata Bennerjee that the CBI case was again raked up n officials sent to Kolkatta to harrass the police chief n her government.

The timing of the enquiry sounds to be highly suspicious and questionable, question’s Mamta Bennerjee n other opposition leaders.

The senior leader of the Congess Party n former union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has while giving byte to the ABP correspondent in parliament has accused the central govt of calculatedly harrassing the opposition leaders one by one by arbitrarily registering n raking up CBI cases against them in number of matters where as cases of the corruption against the BJP’s own party leaders have been kept in cold storage.

He said if the government is really serious about abolishing corruption why dose’nt it get the multi crore Rafale matter investigated n brings the truth to the fore.

Harrassing n victimsing the opposition leaders by misusing the investigating agencies n institutions like CBI n ED etc will not be tolerated at any costs n will be opposed tooth n nail added Azad.

It may be recalled that CBI case against the former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav has also been registered after the conduction of raids in several premises of the IAS officer Chander Kala.

Akhilesh Yadav too has cried foul in this regard by holding a special press conference. It seems that the leaders of the Mahagathbandhan comprising of 22 national n regional parties are now consolidating fast on this issue of alleged BJP’s revenge politics against its political opponents apart from issues like Rafale, unemployment, aftermath ill effects of demonetisation, GST n agrarian crisis.

There was a time when the TMC chief n CM Mamata Bannerjee had raised movement n sat on several Dharnas outside the Writer’s building in West Bengal to opposes n oust the Tatas from Singur for capturing farm lands of the poor peasents.

She opposed the 30 year old left front government tooth n nail for several years and finally made West Bengal the TMC’s stronghold.

But today being the chief minister of the state she had to sit on Dharna against the BJP led NDA government against the CBI’s intervention which she terms as arbitrary n pre strategically vindictive.

The basic reason behind this is the Bhartiya Janata Party’s increasing influence in the 22 hindu dominated constituencies which it wants to win at all costs.

The saffron party is basing its propaganda against the ruling TMC of its over appeasement towards the muslims of the state and the recent new citizenship legislation having been passed in the Lok Sabha granting citizens rights to the minorities ( Hindu) in the North eastern States n Bengal being oppressed in Bangladesh, Pakistan n Afghanistan.

The Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and several opposition leaders have telephonically assured of their full support to Mamata Bannerjee on this issue and some have even joined her in Bengal to express solidarity to the cause.

The background banner of Mamata Bannerjee’s Dharna stage read: SAVE THE CONSTITUTION, SAVE THEFEDERAL STRUCTURE, SAVE THE INDIAN POLICE FORCE N SAVE THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM ETC.

Meanwhile the BJP’s leader n union minister Prakash Javdekar has held a press conference in New Delhi accusing Bengal CM Mamata Bannerjee of sitting on Dharna in order to safeguard herself from the CBI.

He said there is a state of emergency in West Bengal and BJP political workers are being killed pre strategically. We had opposed emergency imposed by late PM Indira Gandhi in 1975 n will oppose it in West Bengal too.

He castigated the West Bengal CM for denying permission to the choppers of BJP supremo Amit Shah n UP CM Yogi Adityanath and said that it’s against the democratic n constitutional norms.

A question also arises: Will centre Mamata confrontation soldify oppsition unity.