Bengal is passing through difficult times. Charges of corruption against political leaders is not new but these have been rocking the scenario in Bengal. First, it was Parthha Chatterjeee, a minister who is believed to have minted a fortune. He was an influential leader of the Trinamool Congress and used to be close to a film actress Arpita Banerjee of Tollywood. Both came under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate and are presently in jail. He lost his ministerial berth and many other portfolios. He was a minister but the party did not stand by him. Its suoremo Mamata Banerjee threw him to the wolves. Then the cattle smuggling racket came to the forefront. This time it was the Central Bureau of Invetigation at work. Here, Anubrata Mondal, another heavyweight of the same party was involved. This person loved to use unparliamentarily language in public. Moreover, he enjoyed the blessings of Mamata Banerjee the party supremo. In fact, she came out openly in his support. That changed the equation.
As protests over corruption grow in Bengal, more Trinamool leaders began to use threatening language. Emboldened by her open support to Anubrata, another Trinamool leader used unparliamentarily language in public. The worst part is that this leader Saugata Roy was a retired physics professor in a college and well educated. People held him in high esteem. It was strange to hear such an educated person speak in an uncouth language and utter such words.
There have been earlier instances of leaders using filthy language. It hurts society when well-educated and apparently genteel leaders use threatening language. Kalyan Banerjee, a senior counsel of the Calcutta High Court, hurled intimidating abuses from a public rally recently in Hooghly district. He said - “If Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are maligned, the opposition parties will be beaten up.” Then there was Madan Mitra, another Trinamool Congress legislator who advised his followers to practice stick combats and set up special centers for training. He even promised to supply the sticks.
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