Assembly Election 2021: Why Assam And Kerala Matter More For Congress Than Bengal
Assembly Elections 2021: A defeat in Kerala and Assam could revive demands within the party to break the hegemony of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
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2021-05-02T07:38:09+05:30
Assembly Election 2021: Why Assam And Kerala Matter More For Congress Than Bengal
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2021-05-02T08:35:47+05:30
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For most political observers keenly awaiting results of the five assembly polls today, West Bengal may be of supreme interest because of the repercussions the final outcome here will have on the national political landscape. However, for the Congress party, it’s the election result for Assam and Kerala that would have far-reaching implications. The importance of wresting Assam from the BJP and Kerala from the Left Front was evident in the Congress party’s political scheme through the election campaign from the sheer amount of time that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, devoted to the two states.