PM Modi's Economic Advisor to Rahul Gandhi; 'Mir Jafar' abuses gains momentum in Indian Politics; Who is he?

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has called the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal as “a new addition to the list of modern-day Mir Jafars." The statement by the TMC came after Sanyal podcast interview where he was seen commenting that Bengalis of Kolkata are afflicted with "poverty of aspirations" and aspire to be “an antel". “If your society aspires that the highest form of life is a union leader or an adda intellectual. That is your aspiration that you are sitting around smoking and sipping your Old Monk and passing judgment on the rest of the world, rather than doing anything. That is the aspiration of the society. If Mrinal Sen’s movies are the aspiration of your society, then do not complain that that is what you get."

The term ‘Mir Jafar’ have been used at many instances to slur abuses in the Indian Politics scenario. Last year, in March 2023, the BJP called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the "present-day Mir Jafar of Indian polity" as he went overseas seeking help from foreign forces to become a 'nawab' in India. Whiel stepping up its attack on the Congress leader over his democracy in danger remark in London, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra reiterated the demand for an apology and said, "It would not be an aberration to say that Rahul Gandhi is a present-day Mir Jafar of Indian polity. What he has done in London is the same thing that Mir Jafar did.

Mir Jafar served as the commander of the Bengal army under Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, and betrayed him during the Battle of Plassey in 1757, paving the way for British rule in India. His actions in betraying his ruler have made him a controversial figure in Indian history and is also criticized for his role in enabling British