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Counting begins for the crucial by-polls in West Bengal's high-profile Nandigram and Rajnagar assembly constituencies. In Nandigram, which registered an 80.89 percent voter turnout, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Hasirani Rath faces Congress candidate Milan Pradhan, who is backed by the Mamata Banerjee faction. The election has witnessed controversy, with the Congress alleging rampant vote theft and electoral irregularities while demanding a re-poll, charges that the BJP has strongly rejected at both state and national levels. The contest marks the Bharatiya Janata Party's first major electoral test after its 2026 assembly victory, testing its political momentum and minority outreach. Meanwhile, it serves as a critical ground test for the split Trinamool Congress factions, evaluating Mamata Banerjee's grassroots alliance with the Congress on one side, and Ritabrata Banerjee's faction seeking to claim the political inheritance and establish a third front on the other.

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00:00Let's take you to the other state that's also facing or rather witnessing twin bipoles at this given point.
00:06This is West Bengal that we're speaking of.
00:09Nandi Gram bipoles have ended and all eyes are today on the key bipole results.
00:15And it's not just Nandi Gram, remember viewers, it's Nandi Gram and Regi Nogor, two seats again.
00:22Bipole results shall in fact come out in a little while as counting is set to begin in a short
00:27while.
00:28A crucial bipole result that could test whether the BJP can retain its hold on this high profile seat.
00:35Where Congress candidate Milan Pradhan, a highly controversial candidate now, he was backed by the Mamata Banerjee camp and he
00:45is up against BJP's Hasirani Roth.
00:49Polling recorded a strong 80.89% turnout in Nandi Gram.
00:53But this election has not been without controversy as we were mentioning earlier.
00:58Congress has alleged vote jury and irregularities demanding a re-poll and questioning the conduct of the polling process.
01:04And even as the allegations fly, the BJP has of course come out to reject the charges, both at the
01:11national level as well as the state level at this given point.
01:14But that's a different battle that's been playing out across the country.
01:17And those allegations that have been made by the opposition parties is with regards to the entirety of the poll
01:24that the state witnessed a few months back.
01:28They say that the results are completely fudged because the vote jury happened so rampantly.
01:35But again, Nandi Gram and Reji Nogor, by poll results, will say which side is the Janata, the people of
01:44these seats, more convinced with.
01:46Let's take a look at some of the reactions that have come in first.
01:55Let's take a look at some of the reactions that have come in first.
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03:09So now let's just take a quick recap of why is it
03:13the Nondi Gram Bipoles matter?
03:16Why is it such a high profile battle that we witnessed?
03:20Number one, what is it for the BJP?
03:23What does the BJP have in it for themselves?
03:27BJP's first electoral test after the 2026 win.
03:31It's almost, again, the same situation that the TVK is facing in Tamil Nadu.
03:35This will be the same for the BJP in West Bengal.
03:37It's a report card of sorts.
03:40So when Suvindu's minority outreach faces voter test
03:43and the victory would definitely boost the BJP's Bengal momentum at this given point.
03:49For Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress,
03:52that's the new party's name for the time being.
03:55That's the faction's name.
03:56What do they have in it in this very contest?
04:00Split TMC for the first time in decades.
04:04This is a split TMC that first faces electoral test.
04:09And Mamata Banerjee's camp tests their grassroots strengths.
04:12While at the same time, Congress TMC tactical tie-up faces a photo test as well.
04:18How are people reacting to the entire alliance that's come out to be forged?
04:23How are people responding to it?
04:25And do they have their faith in Mamata Banerjee's camp so far?
04:29Because a lot of the entire camp came to be formed because of leaders saying
04:32that we do still have our trust in Mamata Banerjee but not Abhishek Banerjee.
04:36So how is it that the people are responding to this entire camp?
04:39For Rito Broto Banerjee on the other side, the faction of TMC that's being led by him.
04:46First electoral test after the split.
04:48And the claim to TMC's political inheritance opportunity to emerge as a third front in West Bengal.
04:55For a long time, it's been a dual battle in West Bengal.
05:01And at this given point, where does this new faction stand that will be seen,
05:08that will be revealed by the numbers that come out from the bi-polls in both Nandi Gram and Reji
05:17Nogal.
05:17But of course Nandi Gram has historically been a very important seat for all parties, that is,
05:25given the history that it has in West Bengal.

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