“From Regime Change to Citizen Protection: Why BJP Must Stop Tolabaji at Its Germination in West Bengal”, My Ind Maker, July 08, 2026
“West Bengal’s recent political transition from TMC to BJP administration should not be seen merely as a change of party. It should be seen as a serious test of democratic governance.
A fair and clean election can remove one party from office, but it does not automatically remove the political culture that grew under that party. The deeper question is not simply whether citizens voted for BJP or against TMC. The real question is whether the new administration can prevent the same old practices from reappearing under a new political colour.
In Bengal, this danger is not imaginary. During the earlier transition from the CPM/Left era to the TMC era, many citizens hoped that the end of one cadre-driven political structure would bring relief, fairness, freedom, and citizen-centred administration. Instead, many later found themselves facing another network of local coercion, tolabaji, cut-money, protection money, syndicate pressure, and party-worker interference……..”
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