Editor's Mailbox: Questions about Mamata's victory, the relief of Muslims and the police.

 

Editor's Mailbox: Questions about Mamata's

 victory, the relief of Muslims and the police.

Will Mamata Banerjee love her neighbor and agree to share Teesta water?

There is no doubt that the West Bengal Assembly elections have caught the attention of

 many listeners and readers. Although interest is already there, Mamata Banerjee's massive

 Trinamool victory over the BJP has taken many by surprise.

I am starting today with that topic, first wrote Mukul Sardar from Dakop in Khulna:

"In the past, we have seen that the Teesta water deal was not implemented due to the

 opposition of the Trinamool leader and the Chief Minister of West Bengal, even though the

 central government of India wanted it. Besides, the Chief Minister of West Bengal had

 shown direct anti-Bangladesh attitude on several issues. Now the question is, when

 Mamata Banerjee is again in power in West Bengal, will there be any solution to the

 important issues like the Teesta water agreement?

The government of Bangladesh will definitely want the entanglement with Teesta, it will

 run this time. Sardar. But Mamata Banerjee did not change her position on water

 distribution, and the issue was not discussed during the election campaign. Therefore, he

 does not seem to prefer the Teesta Treaty.

Amit Shah: He said in the election campaign that if the

 BJPcomes to power, 'not a single bird will be able to enter from

 Bangladesh'.

But I do not understand why you are saying that Mamata Banerjee was 'directly anti-

Bangladesh'. During the election campaign, we have seen BJP leaders dragging Bangladesh

 into the discussion, making offensive remarks about Bangladeshis. But it goes without

 saying that Bangladesh was not a topic in the TMC campaign. Click here to read the BBC

 report on this.

But yes, Narendra Modi during his visit to Bangladesh visited Orakandi and Jessore

 temples and got a chance to campaign which Miss Banerjee was unhappy about, but can it

 be called anti-Bangladesh attitude? I don't think so.

 Agnimitra Pal, the party's women's wing leader, will be a member of the BJP's new assembly in West Bengal.

"The defeat of the BJP-RSS, the hotbed of extremist Hindutva, may have started from

 progressive West Bengal. The central government could not take the result of the election

 in its favor even though it created a complete sphere of influence. This shows how

 integrated and strong their democracy is. There was no doubt that if the BJP won, bigotry

 would rise in West Bengal. Its impact would have been felt in our Bangladesh as well,

 which is no longer possible.

It is true that the BJP did not win, but their position in the Legislative Assembly has

 become much stronger this time than in the 2016 elections. Five years ago they won only

 three seats, this time they got six seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoped that his party

 would win the elections and that is why he has repeatedly campaigned in West Bengal. The

 result is a huge success for Mamata Banerjee. But from now on the BJP has emerged as a major force in West Bengal, which they have never been before.

Masum Billah from Jagannath University in Dhaka thinks that the victory of the Trinamool

 in the elections is a matter of relief for the Muslims of West Bengal:

"All the BJP leaders, starting from the prime minister, could not defeat a 65-year-old

 woman even if they came together. The election in West Bengal shows how much people

 are worried about the BJP The NRC or National Register of Citizens is a big issue for

 Muslims in West Bengal. Because there was a fear among them that if they were NRCs,

 they might be expelled from the country with foreign badges.

Expressing a similar attitude, Mohammad Farhad Raju from Ramgati in Laxmipur wrote:

"I was shocked when Mamata Banerjee won the West Bengal assembly elections for the

 third time. How can a Chief Minister win by clashing with the Prime Minister? This means

 that the people are punished in this way if they commit acts of oppression on Muslims, not

 being by the side of the people, spreading hatred towards religion.

Fear of Muslims was a big factor, no doubt about it. Billah. And that's what you're saying,

 Mr. Raju, negative politics is not accepted by common people all the time. The results

 suggest that many of the Muslims and non-Muslims who may have previously voted for

 the Congress or the

CPM have voted for the Trinamool. This tactical voting was done to stop the BJP. As a

 result, however, two traditional secular parties, the Congress and the CPM, were wiped out.