Cooch Behar | Violence, latent complexities likely to seal Nisith Pramanik’s fate on Rajbanshi land
Much water has flown down Torsha and Jaldhaka, the two main rivers in the northern Bengal district of Cooch Behar, since junior Union Minister and the BJP’s incumbent Nisith Pramanik swung nearly 32% votes to dislodge the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from this SC-reserved Lok Sabha seat in 2019.Once considered a fortress of the Left Front partner Forward Bloc which won the seat for an unbroken 32 years from 1977 to 2009, Cooch Behar constituency currently remains a BJP stronghold, with five of the seven Assembly segments in its kitty despite TMC’s landslide victory in the 2021 State polls.Lok Sabha election live updates | Biju Janta Dal annoucnes first list for nine seatsRevenge could not have been sweeter for Mr. Pramanik, a former Trinamool youth leader who joined the BJP following his ex...