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Egg is not the point, violence is

West Bengal politics,Political violence: Eggs are not the story. Their normalisation is. When humiliation becomes entertainment and political violence is dismissed as the ‘anger of the common man’, democracy begins to erode from within. Today’s target may be a rival; tomorrow’s could be anyone. The real danger is the licence to attack with impunity.

Sourav Chatterjee
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Egg is not the point, violence is

It began within weeks of the verdict. On May 28, protesters surrounded Saugata Roy's car in Nimta and pelted it with eggs. Two days later, Abhishek Banerjee was struck with eggs at Sonarpur, visiting post-poll violence victims; police had to helmet him. Then Madan Mitra's convoy in Kamarhati. Then Kunal Ghosh, hit on the head outside Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence. Then Soumitra Banerjee, under police escort to court. Mahua Moitra has faced it twice — outside the Krishnanagar court in June...

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