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April 17, 2019

ELECTION 2019: BJP chips at Mamata’s fortress


A polarisation of opposition votes seems to be on the cards. That is how the BJP has forced a direct contest with the TMC in two-thirds of Bengal’s Lok Sabha seats. The polarisation of anti-TMC votes in BJP’s favour has been caused by quite a few factors—a number of riots helping BJP to invoke Hindutva, the saffron party offering citizenship to Hindu refugees, and the BJP’s continuous efforts to make the election a referendum on Didi’s performance. Diptendra Raychaudhuri reports from Kolkata.

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