Thakurbari

We are sure you must have read our previous article named Bangaon the history & politics . We have described history of the region & politics associated with "Matua".

In 2009, Mamata Banerjee made a fresh alliance with ‘Thakur Bari’ and in return she received Lifetime membership card of Matua Mahasangha. By striking this alliance MamataBanerjee made intangible and tangible gains; intangible gain was the blessings of community leader Binapani Devi Thakur (BoroMaa) and the tangible gains were the votes of the Matua folk, who influence voting not only in the border areas of North 24 Parganas but also in nearly 80 assembly seats in West Bengal.

In 2011 State Legislative Assembly Election Mamata Banerjee gave ticket to Manjul Krishna Thakur, a son of Late P.R. Thakur and he won from Gaighata Legislative Assembly seat. He was given a berth of Minister of State for Refugee Relief in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet. In 2014 during 16^thLokSabha Election, Mamata Banerjee gave ticket to Mr Kapil Krishna Thakur, elder son of Late P.R. Thakur on request of Binapani Devi Thakur (BoroMaa) wife of Late P.R. Thakur. Kapil Krishna Thakur won the election from Bongaon constituency. Everything was going well so far for Mamata Banerjee with her intangible and tangibles gains from Matua Mahasangha.

On 13^th October 2014 Kapil Krishna Thakur passed away due to lungs failure at Belle View Nursing Home, Kolkata. Even India’s President wrote a condolence letter to MamataBala Thakur, wife of Late Kapil Krishna Thakur, but none from State Leadership of Trinamool Congress (TMC) went to Thakurnagar to pay last tribute to the dead body of Kapil Krishna Thakur!! Why? When none from TMC paid tribute to BJP leader Late Tapan Sikdar’s body we thought TMC is unaware of political courtesy, but in this case they proved that courtesy in not in the dictionary of TMC, for them a Member of Parliament is a tangible product which is used and thrown away! A note of caution to present TMC MPs, God forbid, if any untoward happen, be ready for such treatment from your party and keep our family prepared accordingly.

The twist in the fairy tale came in January 2015. Manjul Krishna Thakur, brother of Late Kapil Krishna Thakur, and Minister of State for Refugee Relief in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet, resigned from TrinamoolCongress and joined BharatiyaJanata Party on 15^th January 2015 and claimed CBI enquiry for his brother Late Kapil Krishna Thakur’s death! His resignation was a big blow to TMC and Mamata Banerjee.

Unlike Manjul Krishna Thakur, Mamata Bala Thakur, wife of Late Kapil Krishna Thakur preferred to stay back with TMC and she got the TMC ticket to contest the by-poll at Bongaon constituency. Amazing thing came to notice, a massive decline in the declared asset of MamataBala Thakur! 10 months earlier when her late husband, Kapil Krishna Thakur contested in 16^thLoksabha Poll, his declared assets valued Rs 5,41,50,000/-, but now while filing her nomination MamataBala Thakur declared the market value of her assets at Rs 94,45,000/- !! Where did assets worth Rs 4,47,05,000/- vanish? Even Mamata Bala Thakur was unable to answer the question! Gold ornaments declared by Late Kapil Krishna Thakur were 749.4 grams, of which 518.5 grams were of MamataBala Thakur’s and 266 grams were of Late Kapil Krishna Thakur’s but 10 months laterMamata Thakur declared 20 grams more Gold ornaments of her own and didn’t declare gold ornaments of her late husband. Many more anomalies were noticed! She declared land of 6.75 acres at a market value of Rs 400,000/- only! Mamata Thakur declared a house built on 3000 sq. ft. of 7000 sq. ft. land at Chandrapur, Maharashtra, at a market value of Rs 23,15,900/- which she declared was bought in 1990 but no such asset was declared by her late husband 10 months back!! According to Late Kapil Krishna Thakur’s affidavit he declared 1200 sq. ft. land at Thakurnagar valued at Rs 50,00,000/- but in MamataBala’s affidavit 8000 sq. ft. land at Thakurnagar at same Mouza is declared at Rs 50,00,000/-Why financial anomalies haunt Trinamool Congress? Is vanishing of Rs. 4,47,05,000/- an error of omission or an error of commission? Or it has anything to do with the money trail enquiry which is presently being conducted by Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation jointly? 

The Harichand Guruchand family entered into a family feud involving the distribution of money which they earn throughout the year by various activities. Total wealth of Thakurbari is anybody’s guess, some says thousand crores and some says few hundred crores! But the feud is not for the accumulated wealth so far, but for distribution of annual income. Annual income revolves around Baruni Fair which is organised at the end of April every year. 40-50 lakhs Matuas visit Thakurbari during that period. The Bhakts offers pranami to BoroMaa, which amounted to 50-60 Lakhs last year! Till last year, two sons, Kapil Krishna and Manjul Krishna gave darshan to their bhakts from their Trust office and they were offered pranamis too by the bhakts, which approximated to another 60-65 lakhs. Approximately another Crore is the income from few thousands stalls which sets up every year on the fair ground. Apart from these they earn another crore from various activities of different branches and organisation of Matuas. It is reported that there is huge irregularity of audit of those money accumulated through Pranami. Members of Matua Mahasangha is very agitated about the fact.which was published in Ei-samay,Bengali version of Times of India

On 13^th February 2015, Bongaon will vote to elect its Member of Parliament as it fell vacant with the death of Kapil Krishna Thakur.Thakurbari will see two of its own member as warring contestants in this by poll. TMC has fielded BoroMaa’s daughter-in-law and BJP has fielded BoroMaa’s grandson. Something is grossly wrong at Thakurnagar. Nowadays, the activities of Thakur family are raising many eyebrows in that locality. People of Thakurnagar are still confused, Dulal Halder, a tea stall owner said, "We have never questioned Boroma's judgment but this time we are confused. Why is Boroma still supporting the Saradha tainted Trinamool? There are hundreds of us in Thakurnagar who have lost so much money in various chit funds. Boroma is aware of this."