Kolkata: In a bid to counter the spreading of canards by BJP before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress has set up a cultural cell on Wednesday.
Indranil Sen, minister of state for Information and Cultural Affairs will head the cell. The rest of the members include noted academician Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Subhaprasanna, poet Subodh Sarkar, actor June malliah, Trinamool MLA and actor Chiranjit Chakraborty and many others.
The main purpose of the cell will be to protest against the canards and hate politics that are being spread by BJP. The cell will be active on social media and will protest against the unconfirmed viral videos.
"Any attempt to destabilise the society will be prevented and we will go to the people to make them aware of any divisive politics," said Suvaprasanna.
Chiranjit Chakraborty said: "we will protest against any attempt to scare people." It may be mentioned that intellectuals had protested against the incomplete publication of the National Register of Citizens in Assam.
It may be recalled that in 2006, when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had launched a movement against forcible acquisition of farmland from unwilling farmers in Singur, she got the support of intellectuals who had visited Singur and Nandigram regularly and had organised a movement against CPI(M).
After Trinamool Congress came to power in 2011, many of them joined the state government. Bratya Basu became a minister in Banerjee's cabinet in 2011 and Arpita Ghosh became an MP in 2014.
Trinamool Congress is going all out to protest against the canards that are being circulated by BJP on social media. A digital conclave will be held on September 10, where the keynote address will be delivered by the party's Youth Congress president and MP Abhishek Banerjee.