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Sun Sets On Communism In West Bengal? CPM Projected To Win Zero Seats In Once Red Bastion
Swarajya Staff
May 19, 2019, 08:16 PM | Updated 08:16 PM IST
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The sun is finally expected to set on Communism in West Bengal after the CPM which ruled the state for 34 years is expected to win zero seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, as per India Today - Axis exit poll.
The exit poll has projected that the CPM’s vote share would to shift to the BJP and the latter may win as many as 23 seats with almost a 40 per cent vote share.
During the polls, various media reports had claimed that the grassroots workers of the CPM had decided to support the BJP to achieve the common goal of ousting Mamata Banerjee.
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