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It's anybody's game: With minority votes, difficulty level for BJP goes up

From 3rd phase, the proportion of Muslim voters in constituencies will be greater

Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari, Nandigram
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Nandigram has a 28 per cent Muslim population, which is Mamata Banerjee’s stronghold. Suvendu Adhikari’s focus has been the majority | Photo: PTI

Ishita Ayan Dutt
In West Bengal’s ‘Game of Thrones’, Nandigram — the rural hamlet about 130 km from Kolkata — is King’s Landing; whoever wrests it, will rule the state. Or, so it is widely believed.
 
The prestige fight between Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and her protégé-turned-bête noire Suvendu Adhikari ended on April 1 with a high voter turnout of 88.01 per cent. But Nandigram continued to dominate the political discourse even after, with both sides claiming victory.
 
At a rally in North Bengal, on Friday, Banerjee said she would win in Nandigram. In the same tenor, Union Home Minister Amit Shah

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