Kolkata civic body polls: BJP looks to make inroads, TMC determined not to cede ground
India Today
The KMC poll on Sunday has set the stage for a battle between the ruling TMC, seeking to hold its ground, and the opposition BJP, for which the challenge is to snatch the second position in the city civic body from the CPI(M).
The KMC poll on Sunday has set the stage for a battle between the ruling TMC, seeking to hold its ground amid rumblings within it over the dropping several sitting councillors and the opposition BJP, for which the challenge is to snatch the second position in the city civic body from the CPI(M)-led Left Front. The BJP also faces the task of keeping its flock together after facing an exodus following the drubbing in the assembly poll.
For the saffron party, smarting after the defeat in the assembly election in which it emerged a distant second, the challenge will be to keep aside the internal differences and retain its ground among the urban electorate. The internal differences within BJP have been out in the open for the past few months.
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