Fresh off a high-voltage showdown with the Enforcement Directorate, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday released its official campaign song for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. The timing is no coincidence; the anthem serves as a direct defiant response to the recent raids on I-PAC and its director Pratik Jain, which Mamata Banerjee has branded as a "strategic theft" by the Centre.
"Bengal will win again despite all attacks" is the key song hook. This goes on to establish an aggressive stance for the political party seeking a fourth successive term. There are no holds barred in the political details in the songs, which go on to mention the party’s defiance against "SIR or NRC." This is in reference to the TMC’s ongoing feud between the Election Commission on the issue of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on the electoral rolls.
Visually, the campaign video is just as sharp. It pairs footage of Mamata and Abhishek Banerjee with deep red-tinted images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The lyrics take aim at the BJP’s track record, accusing them of religious polarisation and insulting the Bengali language— likely a nod to recent reports of migrant workers being targeted in BJP-ruled states. "Tyrannical you, guard your own citadel," the song warns, suggesting the opposition should worry about its own strongholds before challenging Bengal.
Beyond the immediate political attacks, the anthem leans heavily into Bengali sub-nationalism, claiming that the opposition has "insulted" icons like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore. In presenting the election as a struggle between "Mother Bengal’s strength" and "intimidation" from the agencies, it is quite obvious that the TMC is trying to align itself with the identity of the state. Given the recent aftermath of the I-PAC raid, the song is apparently using the legal probe to reinforce the "us versus them" election narrative.
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