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Shadow over Bengal polls
Hindustan Times Mumbai
|April 24, 2026
A messy SIR has left many disenfranchised, raising questions about conduct of the election
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Among the regions going to the polls this month, the contest in West Bengal is no doubt the most charged.
The BJP believes it has the opportunity to dislodge the 15-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) administration in a state where political power has transferred only once in the past five decades. It has the makings of a blockbuster contest — the kind that energises Indian democracy, buoys turnout and pushes the indifferent to get off the fence and towards the voting booth. The first phase of polling reported a turnout of close to 92%.
This story is from the April 24, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Mumbai.
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