Will a Community Agitating for its Tribal Status Determine the Faith of a Former Maoist Bastion in Bengal?

A key factor for the electoral fate of Jhargram – which was at the heart of Left wing extremism in West Bengal for decades – will be the potential split of the Kurmi community, an agrarian OBC community that has long been demanding that they be given ST status. While exit polls largely predicted that …

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