The Bengali card: Is Mamata trying to give TMC a new ideological core?
India TodayIn its two-decade-long existence as a political outfit, the Trinamool Congress has barely managed to spell out a well defined ideological base for its followers. BENGALI SUB-NATIONALISM Riding high on her “Maa, Mati, Manush” plank, TMC has grown manifold in the past one decade with a singular core belief Mamata Banerjee as the supreme leader. With Mamata Banerjee setting the tone herself, TMC leaders have started attacking the BJP as a party of ‘outsiders’ trying to mount an assault on Bengalis. “North Indian’s have tried to corner Bengalis since the time Subhas Bose lost in Tripuri Congress the same is being repeated with Mamata Banerjee now. Originally used as a war cry by the 'Mukti Bahini' led by Sheikh Mujib during the Bangladesh liberation war, the Trinamool Congress began using it with “Joy Hind” coined by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.