The voters of the Jadavpur Assembly constituency in the southern suburbs of Kolkata on April 10 will decide the fate of not only the candidates in fray, but also of the CPI(M)’s struggle to regain political relevance by retaining its last bastion in West Bengal.
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The polls in the 14 seats in Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts, which will be held on April 10, in the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections is going to be a crucial test for both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC). While the BJP will seek to repeat its success in the two districts in the Lok Sabha seats where it bagged all the two seats, the TMC will seek to retain lost ground.
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The ED has alleged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's family benefited from illicit funds obtained from certain illegal coal mining in the state under a "deep system" of political patronage driven by "well-oiled" machinery.
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