“Baimaan Pahadbasira”?? Yes! we are, but ‘lol’ to you

Yes we are Baimaan, we are Baimaan to those who have been Baimaan to us, and proudly so.

You thought your 10 Crore, 20 crore doles to a handful of sold out brokers of Development Board was going to shatter our Gorkha unity? You thought your giving repeated assurances of development was going to win you votes? You thought your pandering to a handful to money hungry idiots was going to win you public sympathy? Did you really assume, the hill people are dumb enough to accept your fake claims of development, when we can see all of Bengal crumbling, and literally turning into a giant economic mess?

Did you think, you can toruture us into submission and claim peace? Did you assume, you can threaten and cajole us and bully us into accepting you as our masters – and claim Pahar Hasche?

lol

You don’t really know Us Gorkhas, do you??

We don’t take to bullies kindly.

We are a loyal bunch, but our loyalty stymies from our emotions and respect, money doesn’t buy our loyalty.

I am laughing at your stupid advisors, who may have thought, handing out a few thousand crores is going to win you our support.

I lol at your face.

Lets talk money for a second. You write you gave 5500 Crore rupees in the past 8 years to all the Development Boards + GTA combined.

That comes down to roughly 687.5 crores per year.

Was it your money? or was it left over as a bequest to you by your grand uncle, that you are claiming “hill people took 5500 crores from Mamata?” Was it her money?

The Darjeeling District alone contributes 12-13% of Bengal’s revenue annually. That amounts to 12000-13500 crores every year. From our region, into your pockets.

What happens to the rest 11312.5 thousand crores per year, which translates to at least 90,500 crores you have siphoned off in the past 8 years from our district???

Don’t think for a moment, we are dependent on your pittance. We are the only resource rich and revenue surplus region in West Bengal, you are surviving on our money, not us on you.

So save your outrage and your racism to yourself. Get this message loud and clear – THE HILL PEOPLE ARE NOT FOR SALE.

As for your votes, the following video shows, what we did you you lot.

It must suck to be you lot, for despite your money, threats, abuses, use of proxies to divide our votes, and every other trick in your book – WE THE GORKHAS ARE UNITED AND WILL REMAIN UNITED.

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Times Magazine cover is Editor’s creation and Aatish Taseer is not a Pakistani

The 20 May issue of the TIME magazine created major seismic waves across the nation. The cause lay with the editors for the over-the–top headline “India’s Divider-in-Chief’ to provoke, titillate and boost market sales at the time of Indian elections.

The cover headline, from my decades of media experience, is generally given or cleared by the editor. And who receives the flak? The writer Aatish Taseer! His article does not really justify the headline. Pull out a few barbs and the article is in fact a well-written essay looking at the pros and cons of Modi also appreciated for taking a stand against Triple Talaaq.

As for the Paki-bashing that Aatish is subjected to. He is actually an Indian, now a British citizen. Born in India as a love product of a weeklong affair and ‘marriage’ between Indian writer Tavleen Singh and late Salman Taseer, a wealthy politician who visited India in 1980, Aatish grew up in India with his mother. On the contrary, Aatish had a difficult relationship with his father who shirked from acknowledging him. In fact, Salman Taseer reacted furiously to his son’s book ‘Stranger to History: A son’s Journey through Islamic Lands’ which touched upon Aatish’s emotions as a son whose father abandoned his pregnant mother. In 2011, Aatish wrote two stories with controversial headlines—‘Pakistan’s Rogue Army Runs a Shattered State’ for Financial Times; and “Why My Father Hated India” for Wall Street Journal, claimed to have been misleadingly headlined by the editors.

In the TIME article, others are not spared. Rahul Gandhi is described as “an unteachable mediocrity” and that the Congress party “has little to offer other than the dynastic principle…And that the party lacks “political imagination”, something that is demonstrated by the Congress choosing Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra—Rahul Gandhi’s sister—into India’s political arena.”Aatish also describes the Brexiteers, Donald Trump and Imran Khan as champagne neo-fascists.

On the other hand, another article in the same issue by Ian Bremmer, the Editor-at-large of TIME gives a very positive perspective on Modi. His story is titled “Modi is India’s Best Hope for Economic Reform”.

Last word of course comes from PM Modi himself with “TIME magazine is foreign, the writer also said he comes from a Pakistani political family. That is enough for his credibility.” Anyway a magazine’s shelf life is only a week as we go on to the next big news.

Madder than the Hatter – popcorn please

The summer heat combined with elections has been pop-corning the craziest outbursts. Territorial Mamata had given lots of threats over intrusion into her domain. So it was no great shock when all goons broke loose on14 May as BJP President Amit Shah entered Kolkata for his election rally. Unfortunate, that in the fray the bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar also suffered casualties. Lesson to be learnt is all busts and statues should be erected far above reach of mobs.

Amongst the popping hot popcorns was the Mamata meme (her face superimposed over Priyanka Chopra’s ‘Mad Hatter’ outfit for the 2019 MET GALA) leading to Priyanka Sharma being jailed. If that is not “Madder than the Hatter” move, I don’t know what is.

Nathuram Godse also popped up from the past, being called a ‘Hindu extremist’ by actor Kamal Hassan and ‘patriot’ by BJP Pragya Thakur who has been chastened for her foolhardy remark by Modi himself. Somewhere ex-Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar also pops around under CBI heat. Mamata blames the Election Commission of being RSS and Modi supporters, brothers, what not. Shiv Sena equates Mamata’s rule to the Marxist era. Seems Mamata has run out of expletives as she rallied the crowd to chant ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’.

Video footages from Bengal are full of ‘chechamichi’ and ‘mobgiri’. Mamata wants to do all kinds of things to Modi including breaking his teeth and sending him to jail, snapping at his heels by running a parallel rally at Madhurapur,WB.  

As I close this weekly piece, news of terrible violence from Bhatpara near Kolkata has come in. BJP leader Arjun Singh has been allegedly shot amidst exchange of gunshots, bombs and arson. This does not sound like democratic elections but a literal Battle for Bengal.  Reminds me of the 1757 Battle of Plassey when Lord Clive’s forces subjugated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Nawab of Bengal. Experts say this just a warm up to year 2021.

May peace prevail today as Bengal completes the final phase of polling today.

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Earlier a massive contingent of Police force from Bidhannagar had assembled outside outside the CBI regional office at CGO Complex, Kolkata. Sensing trouble, CRPF has been deployed to protect CBI officials.

Meanwhile, Mamata has called CBI attempt at interrogating Kolkata Police Chief Rajeev Kumar as an attack on the Federal Structure, and she has sat on a dharna.

Earlier she had said, “I will sit on a ‘Save the Constitution’ dharna at Metro Channel.”

Weirdly enough, Kolkata. Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar who had been missing for days has surfaced today, and he is also present at Mamata’s dharna site, sitting next to her.

CBI team had gone to interrogate Rajeev Kumar over Sarada and Rose Valley Chit Fund ghotala related computer hard drives that contained important information that have allegedly gone missing.

Meanwhile BJP leader and in-charge of West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya has said, “Democracy has ended in WB, CBI was investigating on orders of SC but they didn’t allow them. CBI officers were detained, this is the first time something like this has happened since independence, we condemn this.”

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In their report, Punjab Kesari has claimed, “with the GJM now joining hands with the Third Front, four seats in North Bengal have come in play, which includes the prestigious Darjeeling Loksabha seat, which the BJP is set to lose. This will be an embarrassment to the BJP, as currently Union Minister of State and senior BJP leader SS Ahluwalia had won with the help of GJM in the constituency.”

The report further states, “this has made the path for election of Yashwant Sinha from Darjeeling clear, as Mamata is keen on Yashwant Singa contesting from the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in 2019.”

In the recent days, rebel BJP leaedrs Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and Shatrughan Sinha have become closer to TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee, and speculations are rife that all three could join TMC in the coming days. This will help TMC raise its national statue, and at the same time help these three veterans find some toe and political relevance.

From university and college professors, to NGO workers, to Facebook activists, everyone seems to be eager to contest from Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat. Even within TMC, many names keep cropping up such as Dr. PD Bhutia of Kalimpong, LB Rai of Mirik and now Yashwant Sinha

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GTA: Binay Tamang had filed a case against Bengal Govt in SC [sourced from: Indian Express]

Yesterday, however Mamata said, “…We want a permanent solution so that development of the Hills is not hampered.”

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