In December, Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, had led a series of high-octane demonstrations in Kolkata against the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Bangladeshi Hindu. “The blood of Dipu Das cries out for justice,” Adhikari tweeted out, posting a video of himself prostrating dramatically before Hindu ascetics outside the deputy high commission of Bangladesh.
The protests were part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s efforts to derive political mileage out of the communal situation across India’s eastern border. According to the saffron party, the plight of minority Hindus in Bangladesh foretold what would become of Hindus in Bengal if what it calls demographic change is not stopped.
For a while, it seemed as if the BJP had found its central poll plank for the Assembly elections in the state, which were only a few months away at the time.
However, that was not to be.
Since Tarique Rahman became prime minister in February, the BJP has noticeably omitted the mention of Bangladesh from its political messaging in Bengal. The party’s campaign has, in recent weeks, mostly focused on highlighting crime and corruption under the ruling Trinamool Congress as well as promising a range of cash-transfer schemes. Even when it does talk about so-called infiltrators, it takes care not...
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