Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to visit West Bengal only on the eve of elections. Modi arrives accompanied by a drumroll from the mainstream media, busily running visuals of “massive rallies” and feverish public welcomes; the BJP’s IT cell zealots ramp up Modi-centric hashtags as a security razzmatazz of running commandos and limousine convoys plays out. Modi, the political tourist, descends on Bengal with only one mission: To target the Bengal government and insult its people.
In the run-up to the 2021 Assembly polls, Modi, bellowing from stage, mocked India’s then only woman Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, with the phrase “Didi oh Didi”.
