[“Truth is not
determined by majority vote - Doug Gwyn”]
Bengal has
always took pride for its political awareness and quite rightly so.
Historically, politicians from Bengal were always been cerebral and were driven
by ideologies. Even in the pre-independence era, though the perspective of
politics was completely different, one can remember the unforgettable remark of
Gopal Krishna Gokhale “What Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow”. Astute politicians from Bengal have stood
over time and justified the quote of Gokhale time and again. But, a long time has elapsed since then and
many a tide has subsided from river Hooghly, politics has certainly changed its
definition in Bengal. Even after acknowledging the fact that the word
“Politics” is vastly meaningful, one must admit that its ultimate objective in
a democracy is to make peoples life better in every possible way with ideologies
of the party in authority. Easier said than done, as can be seen in other parts
of the country; but Bengal should have turned the table around. Politics has
become more a profession with least accountability than ideology with
responsibility towards fellow citizens.
Coming back
to present, as I was emphasizing upon, meaning of politics seems to have
changed entirely. Politicians becoming professionals (with least degree of
professionalism towards their responsibilities though) augmented well for
themselves rather than fellow citizens. On the other hand, flagrant politicization
of human life is becoming a curse for this state. Even the pettiest issue s of
daily life is being taken over by political parties and law enforcers becoming increasingly
helpless. There is even more plausible reason to worry, which is communalization
of politics in the state. Even few years
back, we couldn’t have envisaged such a milieu in our state. But the fact is, communalism
armed with politics, rapidly spreading its fangs into our society. It is such a serpent, past history
corroborates, will only begets suspicion, conspiracy and massacre. It is really unfortunate enough for people of
West Bengal, political parties trying to ignite communalism through their purported
political agendas.
But, we
must also understand that political leaders comes from amongst the people from our
society itself and no matter what they try to inculcate, if we collectively
refuse to pay heed to them, we can avert any future catastrophe that might be
looming over Bengal.
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