In many ways, the work of a social media troll is easy바카라he thrives on negative criticism, abuses, fakery, hate-mongering, rabble-rousing, and he risks little considering the protection he gets for doing the dirty job of his political masters. So, when a so-called political commentator in Calcutta바카라a self-attested 바카라Bengali nationalist바카라, a former leftist, and a Trinamool Congress supporter now바카라spewed one poison tweet after another targeting Marwaris and Gujaratis with racist dysphemisms such as 바카라BJP바카라s Dhoklas, Banias, Bhujias and Gutkhas바카라, he simply got away. He is not ours, the ruling class clarified. And he goes on바카라ranting through his waking hours against these communities (Gutkha is the slur for Hindi-speakers) and more, especially the Assamese.
The Troll Invasion
That바카라s Garga Chatterjee바카라leader of Bangla Pokkho, a self-styled Bengali patriotic front, and who calls himself a 바카라brain scientist바카라. Here are two samples of what he does on Twitter. Exhibit One: 바카라Why no Marwari or Gujarati in list of freedom fighters in Andaman cellular jail? What were they doing when Bengalis fought for freedom? How come today these Marwari & Gujarati moneybags fund Hindi racist Gutkha goons who think they can give lectures abt patriotism to Bengalis?바카라 Exhibit Two: 바카라Why does @sarbanandsonwal regularly celebrate a Chinese invader and his invading army? Why does banned separatist group ULFA also celebrate the Chinese invader? Do real Indians know that Indian tax money is being used by BJP in Assam to put up statues of a Chinese invader?바카라
The second one is from June 17, and Chatterjee ended up trolling king Sukaphaa, founder of the Ahom kingdom that ruled Assam for 600 years바카라the longest continuous rule by a single dynasty in India바카라and which thwarted 17 Mughal invasions, several of which were plotted in and launched from Bardhaman or Badh-e-dewan, whose rajas acknowledged Mughal suzerainty. Sukaphaa and his band of followers came from present-day Myanmar in the 13th century, assimilated with the natives, and their descendents adopted Hinduism. More importantly, they gave the land its current identity바카라the Anglicised Assam from Axom, or uneven, drawing from its topography. Axom Divas is celebrated on December 2 to commemorate the first Ahom king.
The tweet was double-edged: target the BJP and upset Assamese sentiments. Well, the 바카라commentator바카라 had tried that before with a 바카라Chalo Paltai바카라 campaign, ostensibly for Bengali domination in Assam where the two communities have been at loggerheads in the past and chauvinistic elements from both sides often try to snap the fragile peace. Calling Sukaphaa a 바카라Chinese invader바카라 was another attempt at that바카라quite successful too. It was timed immaculately too, just as the India-China border flare-up in Ladakh has spawned strong anti-Chinese sentiments across the country. He also posted a video clip purportedly showing the ABVP바카라s Assam unit shouting slogans against the Indian Army. The ABVP called the slogans an 바카라inadvertent mistake바카라.
A battery of litigation engulfed Chatterjee soon after and chief minister Sonowal sent a police team to Calcutta following a court warrant for his arrest. Sonowal underlined the need for legal action against such 바카라offenders바카라, and offensive remarks misinterpreting historical facts, to discourage such acts in future. The cops, however, returned without him and alleged that Calcutta police didn바카라t cooperate. 바카라We will see what legal action can be taken now,바카라 said police commissioner Munna Prasad Gupta. For its part, Bangla Pokkho alleged that there바카라s an attempt to harm Chatterjee because he spoke for the 바카라marginalised바카라 Bengalis in Assam. And for him, he got what a troll craves: headlines.
By Abdul Gani in Guwahati