Ground Report From Malda's Chanchal: How Odds Are Stacked In Favour Of BJP In This Muslim-Majority Seat
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 24, 2021 01:22 PM West Bengal elections 2021 Snapshot Created in 2011 by the Delimitation Commission, Chanchal has elected the Congressâ Asif Mehbub for the last two terms (2011 and 2016). But Muslim alienation â owing to step-motherly treatment of the area by Trinamool and its selection of a Hindu candidate, is happening alongside a Hindu consolidation, which may work in favour of the BJP. If one goes by conventional political wisdom, the BJP has no chance of winning Chanchal, an overwhelmingly rural Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency in the Muslim-...
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