Lib-Left dilemma over Mamata
Updated On: 26 August, 2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Ajaz Ashraf
Progressive Kolkatans know the ongoing movement for justice could prove advantageous for the BJP but they feel morally compelled to participate in the collective healing of the hurt conscience
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Law students at a protest march against the sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata, on August 24. Pic/PTI
A unique aspect of the growing disquiet against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is Liberal-Left Kolkatans joining the movement for justice for the young medical doctor brutally raped and killed on the premises of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Some of them, in conversations with me, said they have done so even though acutely aware that the movement could debilitate the Trinamool Congress, and prove advantageous for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Their conduct is unusual for Liberal-Left Indians, who subordinate their political worries to their fear of the BJP acquiring power. They perceive the BJP as divisive and inimical to harmonious social relations. It for this reason Liberal-Left Kolkatans have desisted from opposing Banerjee in a sustained way, and although not enamoured of her politics, bank upon her to keep the BJP out of power, even voting for her at times.
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