In the middle of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision exercise, guess who is fighting the hardest to not be seen as the “outsider” in Bengal? Maach, dhaki, Chhau dance and – also – Satyajit Ray. Poila Boisakh, the Bengali New Year, saw the BJP roll out all things Bangla Wednesday in an election contest with the Trinamool Congress that is as much about arithmetic as asmita (pride). Near the Firingi Kalibari Temple in Bowbazar, hundreds of BJP supporters hit the roads with three tableaux, featuring dances to Rabindra Sangeet, as well as the dhunuchi (traditional Bengali incense burner), the dhaki (drum), and Chhau dancers. Hoardings featured, apart from Ray, Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda. As three BJP candidates joined the procession – Suvendu Adhikari (Bhabanipur, Nandigram seats); Tapas Roy (Maniktala); and Vijay Ojha (Jorasanko) – a Hindi song came on briefly, but was immediately changed to Rabindra Sangeet. Roy told the crowds, “We start the Bengali New Year with Maa Kali’s blessings”, and ended with “Joy Maa Kali” – a slogan now as ubiquitous …