A culturally developed State scaling down to uncultured path

 West Bengal/Bengal once upon a time was a culturally advanced State of the country as many great personalities were born and helped to develop the State culturally in many ways. A few names are  -  Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Swami Vivekananda,  Michael Madhusudan Dutt/Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Acharya  Prafulla Chandra Ray, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, and many others. But recently many uncultured events took place in the State and mainly by the goons of the ruling party. A few days ago, Vice-Chancellor of Aliah University,  West Bengal Prof. Muhammad Ali was badly manhandled by a group of students and one of them was a former student leader of the present ruling party of the State. Professor Ali was earlier teaching chemistry at Jadavpur University, a reputed person and thorough gentleman. When I was watching   TV, I was very upset as the way a group of students manhandled V.C. (Prof. Muhammad Ali), used slang words, etc., clearly revealed that these are uncultured students of the University.  

Prior to this, the Calcutta High Court on 3 March 2022 ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in state-run schools through State Level Selection Test (SLST). This issue has been cropped up after allegations of corruption in the recruitment of Group C and Group D employees in secondary and higher secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE)  (https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ . March 7, 2022).

And the most horrific incident took place on 21 March 2022, the massacre that claimed eight lives at Bogtui village in Birbhum district. It is pertinent to mention that, a local ruling party leader was killed by the criminals and in retaliation, many houses were burnt and eight persons were charred to death including women and children (www.hindustantimes.com/28/3/22). 

Many know about the death case of Anis Khan.  Anis Khan, a 27-year-old student, (a former MBA student of Aliah University) was allegedly killed at his home. It is believed that he was killed because his activities irritated some persons of the State ruling party.  “As per The Telegraph, his parents alleged that four men, one in police uniform and the others in mufti, came looking for him. Sometime after they left, Khan was found dead outside the house. The Times of India reported that while one in the police uniform restrained Khan’s father, the three went upstairs where he was sitting (www.firstpost.com/india/24/2/22). Anyway, his father demanded a CBI enquiry as he did not have faith in the local police. After hue and cry in the State, two police personnel — a home- guard and a civic volunteer — were arrested in connection with Anish Khan’s death. The Test Identification Parade was ordered by the Calcutta HC as sought by the SIT. And another case is the murder of Congress Councillor, Tapan Kandu in March 2022 is also unfortunate.

This is very unfortunate and heartrending that almost everyday murder has been taking place in the State where great personalities were born who advocated for peace and peaceful coexistence. We all know that after assembly elections, in the State huge violence took place and as a sequel, many lost their lives, houses were burnt, etc. On the other hand, after recently concluded assembly elections in some of the states, not a single murder had taken place. 

It seems the future of the people of the State is uncertain as too much politics (killings, scams, houses burning etc) has been scaling down the development of the State.