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Trinamool, Congress sweep civic polls

Source: Hindu

Kolkata : India | 5 months ago

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The Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance continued its successful electoral run in West Bengal, with the combine sweeping the polls to 16 civic bodies. The elections, held on Sunday, were the first since the Lok Sabha elections in April-May, in which the alliance had won a majority of the seats from...

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