Siliguri, June 19 -- : The arrest of former North Bengal Development Department minister Udayan Guha and an unprecedented appeal by the police urging citizens to report alleged wrongdoing by political leaders have brought the issue of corruption back to the centre of Bengal's political discourse, with the BJP simultaneously seeking to project itself as the principal challenger to what it describes as a culture of political patronage and intimidation.
The developments unfolded in Cooch Behar, where police arrested Guha in connection with alleged irregularities linked to a housing scheme and secured seven days' police custody from a local court. Soon afterwards, district police launched a public outreach exercise, using microphones in variou...