Murshidabad is rare Bengal pocket where CPM-Congress alliance is still a force to reckon with
Murshidabad district, which votes today, has a 70% Muslim populace. CPI(M) and Congress still continue to dominate the area and pose serious threat to Trinamool.
Madhuparna Das 26 April, 2021 9:06 am IST Text Size:
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Murshidabad: The district of Murshidabad, Bengal’s third largest with 22 assembly seats, is headed for a direct fight. The battle lines in the former administrative headquarters of undivided Bengal have been drawn primarily between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Sanjukta Morcha, an alliance of Left parties, the Congress and new entrant Indian Secular Front (ISF).