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Trinamool Congress' victory march continues
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 22 May, 2008 08:59:00
 
Kolkata: After wresting zila parishads in East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas
districts from the Communist Party of India ? Marxist (CPI-M), the Trinamool
Congress, the main opposition party in West Bengal, today surged ahead in
panchayat samities and gram panchayats in South and North 24 Parganas districts
of the state.
The opposition Congress was far ahead of the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Front in
seats in North Dinajpur and Malda district.
Humbling CPI(M) in East Midnapore in 20 of the 25 panchayat samities, the
Trinamool Congress succeeded in outsmarting the marxist party with a 152-59
margin in 223 Trinamool gram panchayats in the district. The results of 12 gram
panchayats were yet to be declared. The Trinamool Congress also maintained its
march in panchayat samities in South 24 Parganas, mostly wresting 19 of the
total 29 seats.
The Left Front's defeat in some of the districts, particularly East Midnapore
and South 24 Parganas, was construed as a referendum on the Buddhadeb
Bhattacherjee government's land acquisition drive for industries.
The Front also suffered a jolt at Singur, the site of the Tata Motors Nano car
project, with the Trinamool Congress wresting all three zilla parishad seats
from the CPI(M) on Wednesday. (PTI)