Bengal politicians put down opponents by using brazen expletives.
Sample this: Kalyan Banerjee, Trinamool candidate from Serampore, says while campaigning. “Aarre the CM is a third grade politician, he doesn’t understand industry or culture, only goes to Nandan [state government’s cultural hub], drinks a few pegs of Scotch whisky and is surrounded by women.” (Translated from Bengali).
CPI(M) member Benoy Konar says: “Mamata may be going to Nandigram and Singur, but the women of these areas will show their #&$% (backside) to her.”
Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee poking at pro-Left intellectuals says, “These people just go to Ganja Park (that’s a park in Kolkata) and have chullu (country liquor) and then give advice.”
On Mamata’s dream to convert North Bengal into a Switzerland and Kolkata to London, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee remarks: “Churanto pagol na hole eshob kotha keo bolena (she must be raving mad to utter such things).”
Mamata, calling the CPI(M) the dalal (agent) of the Tatas, Subhas Chakrabarti, transport and sports minister calling anti-CPI(M) intellectuals as gando murkho (complete idiots) or Shyamal Chakrabarti, CPI(M)’s central committee member and Rajya Sabha member, saying, “No one will name their daughter Mamata” are all but the ideals that both parties are fighting for.
“Ki korben, dekhe nebo (in Hindi aare kya kaar lega, dekh lenge) or bujhe nebo (samajh lenge), bodmashi (in English wickedness but the Bengali word is generally not used in public speaking), h****jada (a complete no-no in Bengali. In Hindi, h****zade) are just a few expletives, which have become new weapons by leaders of the Trinamool and the CPI(M) in the elections.
Hurling abusive lingo, resorting to abrasive behaviour showing aggressive body language is new to 2009 elections especially in Bengal. Political ridicule is commonplace, but the sheer arrogance and dripping sarcasm displayed by use of derogatory language has taken the electorate in the state by surprise.
Political analyst and sociologist Prasanta Ray says, “The tendency to use vulgar or indecent words is a sign of desperation. This happens when you are afraid to lose and through bullying you feel the raw power to retaliate. Yes, we are seeing top-ranking leaders at times using various metaphors and also words used by petty criminals. It is a sign of infirmity and party leaders and candidates feel that hurling abuses is an effective tool to feel stronger.”
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