Fish is Lord Krishna avatar, Eating Fish is eating God: BJP new game in Bengal

[Jugger]

Well the government can take this as a pretense and sort the mess out there in Bengal.
With ISIS taking hold during Rohingya's plight and internal Bongladesh struggle with extremism, Indian Bengal if goes unchecked could prove to be a hotbed for extremism.

That is my POV.

Well I agree with your POV fully.

 

[ranjeet]

There aren't some personal blogs. They are established news houses.

Established news houses also found RSS behind Church attacks.

 

[HariPrasad]

Yeah thought so, Trinamool can stoop down to any level for clinging on to bengal.

They will try but they remember with whom they are messing with. The deadliest combo of Amit shah and Modi. These guys can put in place anybody forget about Mamta.

 

[The_Showstopper]

What's there in the thread? Title is a clickbait so it the article posted by the News Commando or the wire.in This is what they have to say about fish.

"An organisation calling itself the ‘All India Fish Protection Committee’ has emerged on social media, threatening Bengalis who eat fish. Religion is invoked by mentioning Matsya"

I know BJP is not liked by many in India and they have a right to freely express their displeasure and criticize the party for their policies but this blatant fear and rumor mongering based on some random social media account is beyond pathetic.

BJP is adept at using social media. So don't tell me about how coy BJP is. We already have All India Cow protection committee, so starting "fish protection" in Bengal is no big deal for BJP. Just attributing it to social media doesn't hold water.

Established news houses also found RSS behind Church attacks.

But they also corrected it once they found the real cause/culprits which is very unlike the Sanghi propaganda sites.

 

[ranjeet]

BJP is adept at using social media. So don't tell me about how coy BJP is. We already have All India Cow protection committee, so starting "fish protection" in Bengal is no big deal for BJP. Just attributing it to social media doesn't hold water.


But they also corrected it once they found the real cause/culprits which is very unlike the Sanghi propaganda sites.

Yes BJP is adept at using social media does that automatically mean other parties are illiterate at it? People have a set narrative based on political ideology and they are conveniently fixing "facts" to further their narrative.


Corrected it? Thank GOD for such small mercies.

 

[scorpionx]

IF it's true, I will say RIP Bengal BJP

 

[The_Showstopper]

Yes BJP is adept at using social media does that automatically mean other parties are illiterate at it? People have a set narrative based on political ideology and they are conveniently fixing "facts" to further their narrative.


Corrected it? Thank GOD for such small mercies.

Other parties may not be illiterate. But there is a difference between proficient and novice. BJP is proficient at using social media to its advantage. They have successfully peddled fake news which is something other parties are not really good at.

Conveniently fixing facts... Yeah

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[Srinivas]

Who ever has started this campaign is going to damage only BJP. There is no such thing as prohibiting eating fish in Hinduism.

Fish is Lord Krishna avatar, Eating Fish is eating God: BJP new game in Bengal



I read that something called an All India Fish Protection Committee has surfaced on social media to protect fish because after all Lord Vishnu had a matsya avatar.

"Matsya or Fish avatar is another representation of God. Eating fish is like eating God. Our fish protection committee's members are keeping watch everywhere. As soon as they see fish-eating they will deliver a sound thrashing."

Honestly, that sounds like a spoof of the ultra-zealous anti-Romeo squads and gau-raksha vigilantes that are so much in the news these days. As Abraham Lincoln famously said, we must not believe everything just because it's on the internet. Not even the most militant vegetarian crusader can be planning to ambush Bengali gentlemen with their famous grubby striped nylon (and thus easily washable) maachher tholi (fish shopping bag) in order to see if there is anything fishy inside.

I cannot imagine the fish crusaders setting foot in the smelly fish market where the floors are wet and covered with silvery scales and fish guts, and the huge bontis stained with the dripping blood of giant rohu and katla fish. Watch how scared CNN was when it accompanied acclaimed chef Gaggan Anand to a fish market in Kolkata.

"A fish could win the heart of a Bengali or could destroy your friendship with him," Anand tells CNN. The Fish Protection Committee should pay heed.

But for one moment, it's delicious to imagine the soldiers of our cultural purity flailing as they try to save not just cows but fish and all other avatars of Vishnu from abuse — tortoises and boars and dwarves.

Of course, fish in Bengal is the holiest of holies. It is worshipped, smeared with turmeric and sindoor, given to the newly-arrived bride to hold in her hand as a promise of prosperity. It is also eaten with gusto and relish — in kaalias, jhols, paturis, tawks, bhajas. Even its debris, its head and bones sneak their way into dals and veggies to terrorise the unsuspecting like myself.

This is a state where the chief minister conducts international diplomacy with neighbouring Bangladesh, not about sharing the waters of the Teesta but about hilsa or ilish fish. Sheikh Hasina did not make it to Mamata Banerjee's swearing in ceremony but she did gift 20 kilos of hilsa from the Padma as a gesture of the importance she gives to the relationship. When the two leaders met in Dhaka the conversation went like this according to NDTV.

Mamata Banerjee: We are not getting enough ilish in Kolkata from Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina: The more water there is in the river, the more fish there will be.

It was a joke but in Bengal, when it comes to fish, you never know. This is a state where declining hilsa catch is a state level emergency and Mamata Banerjee has tried to shore up her support base with subsidised hilsa when the prices shot up to Rs 1200 a kilo. The Trinamool Congress counts among its achievements the fact that its scientists at Kakdwip's Institute of Aqua Culture have come up with a way to cultivate hilsa in tank water with induced salinity, a research that began in 2013.

The AITC news release says "Some apprehensions have been expressed if the unique taste of the fish will be retained as it travels through Pacific Ocean before coming to the shores of Bengal, scientists are hopeful that as the feed consists of 'phytoplankton', the taste will be intact."

Kolkata cannot boast too many firsts these days but it does plan to have the first fish hospital in the country to diagnose and treat ailments in fish bred in the state — a super specialty hospital for fish as it were.

Certainly the BJP, which wants to expand its footprint in Bengal, would do well to not fall for any anti-fish platform, whether it's a joke or not. It's already facing charges about ham-fisted "socio-cultural engineering" because it wants a Ram Navami rally with trishul and swords in Bengal, something that's never been popular in the Durga Puja-loving state. As Devdan Chaudhuri writes in The Wire, "The soul of Bengalis is related to ponds, river, ocean and fish. If something fishy happens here, there is no chance of the BJP advancing beyond its support base for a long time to come."

But whether it's a real organisation or just a red herring, I am thankful to the All India Fish Protection Committee because it made me realise that Bengali blood still flowed through my treacherous veins after all. It's easy to stand up for the right of something you love, but to fight for the right of something you dislike, slimy skin, beady eyes, fishy taste and all, that's the real test of tolerance in these intolerant times.


http://newscommando.com/N-Fish-is-Lord-Krishna-avatar-BJP-new-game.html

 

[ashok321]

And now this:

Ban on sale of eggs and meat in Dadri due to Kanwar Yatra is not fake news

https://www.altnews.in/ban-sale-eggs-meat-dadri-due-kanwar-yatra-not-fake-news/

https://twitter.com/x/status/889430710305599488

 

[ranjeet]

Other parties may not be illiterate. But there is a difference between proficient and novice. BJP is proficient at using social media to its advantage. They have successfully peddled fake news which is something other parties are not really good at.

Conveniently fixing facts... Yeah

BJP's Sambit Patra falls for 'fake news' on social media yet again
Delhi BJP spokesperson caught sharing fake news
BJP IT cell secy held in Asansol for posting 'fake' video on social media

Sure, Good luck with such stories in the next elections man. News Commando

 

[The_Showstopper]

Sure, Good luck with such stories in the next elections man. News Commando

Yeah news commando. Trying to find some solace

 

[Daghalodi]

WTF did i just read!!!!

 

[Naara-e-Mastana]

they only need excuse to kill muslims .

 

[StandForInsaf]

HAHA wah kya chutia log han yar.