
Assam Assembly election | CPI(M) rides ‘Mahajot’ for comeback in State after 15 years
The Hindu
All Left Front candidates had lost their deposits in the 2016 Assembly poll.
Riding the 10-party ‘Mahajot’ or grand alliance led by Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has staged a comeback in Assam after 15 years. As constituents of the ‘Mahajot’, the CPI (M), CPI and CPI (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) were given a seat each in the Assembly election. Munin Mahanta of the CPI finished third in Marigaon constituency behind the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rama Kanta Dewri and Assam Jatiya Parishad’s Bani Kanti Das. Bibek Das of CPI (M-L) (L) fared similarly in Behali behind Textiles Minister Ranjijt Dutta of the BJP and independent candidate Jayanta Borah.More Related News

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