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Pokhran: This Rajasthan desert town known for India's first and second nuclear tests is witnessing a close fight for its assembly seat between a Hindu seer and the son of a Muslim religious leader, with both making extra efforts to reach out to people from each other's communities...
BJP has again fielded Pratap Puri, head of the Taratara 'math' in the Barmer district, against Congress' sitting MLA Shale Mohammad, whose father Gazi Fakir is a Muslim religious leader...
Last time Mohammad won the seat by defeating Puri by a margin of merely 800 votes...
Interestingly, despite being religious leaders, both Congress and BJP candidates are making efforts to reach out to voters from religions other than theirs...
Meanwhile, Puri, clad in saffron attire, is making efforts to reach out to Muslims, especially those who are upset with Mohammad..
