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A new political slugfest has erupted between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal over the Matua votebank, ahead of the panchayat polls...
The furore was set off on Sunday, when TMC second-in-command Abhishek Banerjees entry was blocked at the main temple of the Matua community in Bengals Thakurnagar...
Banerjee, who is currently on a whirlwind tour of the state as a part of TMCs Nabajowar campaign, wanted to pay his obeisance at the Matua sects most sacred shrine the Harichand-Guruchand temple at Thakurnagar in Bongaon...
During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his Bengal campaign by seeking blessings from Boro Maa Binapani Devi, the 100-year-old matriarch of the Matua community..
Ever since she made an entry into Thakurnagar as then Union rail minister in 2009, she has carefully nurtured the Matua votebank by forging a personal bond with Boro Maa Binapani Devi..
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