Meanwhile, Former Bongaon TMC MP Mamatabala Thakur cried foul against TMC Gaighata candidate Narottam Biswas for allegedly insulting the Thakur family.
“Narottam during the poll campaign is asking people not to visit Thakurbari and Narottam is also not a Matua. He is damaging the voters and supporters of TMC,” claimed Mamatabala.
However, Narottam claimed though he is not a Matua his mentality is that of a Matua.
Matuas who are three crores in population is considered to be one of the most important deciding factors for the polls.
It is pertinent to mention that Matuas said to be very close to the TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee and a major political force behind brining TMC to power in 2011, had shown their discontent towards the chief minister and in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, these refugees, particularly the ‘Matuas’ helped the BJP to secure nine to 10 seats out of 18 constituencies that the party won.
According to poll analysts one of the deciding factors of the election in the Matua belt as Matuas have the say over 74 out of 294 constituencies.
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