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Shekhar Gupta discusses the political landscape in West Bengal and the challenges faced by the Left and Congress ahead of the elections.

This edition of #WritingsOnTheWall with Shekhar Gupta comes from West Bengal, where one phase of polling is yet to take place. In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency.

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