Islamic Jihadism In West Bengal

[G.Subramaniam]

Jangipur falls in Murshidabad district — a Congress bastion. But still it was the CPM which won in four of the seven Assembly seats, with Congress edging ahead in three. The Trinamool Congress hadn’t put up its candidate. The BJP, however, had reason to cheer. Its candidate Sudhangshu Biswas came third by garnering 85,867 votes, which is almost 11 per cent of the total votes polled



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This place is about 50% muslim, so the BJP got 20% of the Hindu vote