MAHATO AND THE TRIBAL VOTE
Agamchha tied around his head, Chhatradhar Mahato digs his heels into the slush while tending to the paddy. In his new avatar as a farmer, he’s trying to hard-sell a bhoomiputra (son of the soil) image. There’s a new slogan too—‘A tribal for tribals’—which he hopes will help him and his party, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), recover lost ground in the Jangal Mahal region.
After 11 years
