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Poll battle between Mamata and Suvendu Adhikari is poetic justice : Laxman Seth
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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 01:58 PM IST
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He has confined himself at Haldia, where his son lives, away from the heat and dust of the election campaign as the communally cleaved Nandigram awaits the clash of the Titans of Bengal politics - Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her erstwhile protege and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.
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Seth s name evidently evokes adverse feelings in both TMC and BJP.
The agrarian backwaters of Nandigram in East Midnapore district has become the centre of the high octane battle for West Bengal this time but its once uncrowned king is missing from action. Laxman Chandra Seth, believed by the vast population of the area to have been the villain of the historic anti- farmland acquisition movement in 2007, is away from the cacophony of the high decibel poll campaign.
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