Overview
- The Trinamool Congress released its campaign song, titled 'Abar Jitbe Bangla' with the refrain 'Jotoi Koro Hamla, Abar Jitbe Bangla' as it gears up for the West Bengal assembly election.
- Party sources said the video’s public rollout was timed as a political response to ED activity and recent Delhi Police action against TMC MPs, after the track was first played at Abhishek Banerjee’s Taherpur event.
- The video weaves protest footage of Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee with invocations of Bengal icons and includes a visual of Prime Minister Narendra Modi paired with the line 'Aage nijer maati shamla'.
- TMC messaging ties the anthem to broader grievances that include ED and CBI probes, alleged voter list manipulation, delayed central funds, and warnings over exercises like NRC and SIR.
- The launch follows ED search proceedings at I-PAC head Pratik Jain’s Kolkata residence in a money-laundering probe linked to alleged coal smuggling, with the agency stating the scene was calm until Mamata Banerjee arrived with many police officers.