Puja inauguration/involvements are good indication of popularity. Legacy BJP leaders have never understood this. Influenced by patronage structure, but not patronage structure alone. In WB Mamata inaugurates the max number of Pujas today, 2nd is Suvendu, in & out of his district.
He is still a distant second, but he has started off independently less than a year and his party has suffered a humiliating defeat in this period. Besides Mamata’s demand for Puja inauguration,joining is heavily amplified by TMC’s Govt patronage structure, which BJP doesn’t have
If Mamata or even a local TMC leader inaugurates a puja, the Puja committee is in the good books of the local admin, if a BJP leader inaugurates, the club gets black marks. If public enemy number one inaugurates, black marks are multiplied.
BJP leaders and aspirants need to understand Bengali society better and become part of it. Pujas are best ways for that. How does one do democratic politics without being part of the society from where he would ask for votes ?
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