21st. JULY SHAHEED DIBAS
21st. JULY SHAHEED DIBAS SARASIJ MAJUMDER The Core Conflict: "Scientific Rigging". During the early 1990s, the Left Front government, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], had been ruling West Bengal for over a decade. The opposition parties, particularly the Youth Congress led by state president Mamata Banerjee, accused the Left Front of rampant electoral manipulation, which they termed "scientific rigging". To counter this, Mamata Banerjee launched an agitation demanding that Photo Voter Identity Cards be made the sole mandatory document for voting to ensure fair and transparent elections. Mamata Banerjee was serving as the Minister of State for Human Resource Development in the P. V. Narasimha Rao government. She lost power within the Indian National Congress after being defeated by Somen Mitra in the 1992 election for the party's youth wing president in West Bengal. Following the loss, Banerjee blamed the defeat due to internal con...