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    2. Samir K Purkayastha
    Samir K Purkayastha
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      Bengal: Narratives fail to play out as TMC hands down humiliating defeat to BJP

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      West Bengal | Mamata vs Suvendu battle takes centre stage in latter’s home turf

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      Ajodhya vs Ayodhya: Modis stance heightens tribal ire in Bengal’s Jangalmahal
      Elections 2024

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      Congress walks tightrope in Bengal as it fights TMC for minority votes
      Elections 2024

      Congress walks tightrope in Bengal as it fights TMC for minority votes

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      Bengal’s Matuas wait and watch, refuse to take CAA bait as poll battle hots up
      Elections 2024

      Bengal’s Matuas wait and watch, refuse to take CAA bait as poll battle hots up

      17 May 2024 4:30 PM IST
      West Bengal CPI(M) Secretary Mohammad Salim
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      Congress veteran Adhir Chowdhury wages a lonely battle in Baharampur

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      Why Murshidabad can’t look past its ruins this election season
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      Why Murshidabad can’t look past its ruins this election season

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      Communal amity hangs precariously between hate and harmony in Bengals Murshidabad
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      Communal amity hangs precariously between hate and harmony in Bengal's Murshidabad

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      Muslims split over electoral choice, give a breather to CPI(M)-Congress
      Elections 2024

      Muslims split over electoral choice, give a breather to CPI(M)-Congress

      5 May 2024 6:20 AM IST
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      4 May 2024 7:59 AM IST
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      Lok Sabha polls 2024: In Assam, citizenship quandary biggest poll issue

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      How political graffiti is being wiped out from the walls in Bengal
      The Eighth Column

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      24 April 2024 6:30 AM IST
      No show by Modi in Manipur, poll boycott in Nagaland hold governance lessons for BJP
      Elections 2024

      No show by Modi in Manipur, poll boycott in Nagaland hold governance lessons for BJP

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      Why Left-Congress alliance is making TMC and BJP jittery in Bengal

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      Brand Modi is a liability in Manipur

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