West Bengal election: Across party lines in Jhargram, poll promises seek to woo adivasi, Dalit voters

In the 4 Assembly seats of West Bengal’s Jhargram district, candidates crossed enactment lines are highlighting payment promises for marginalised communities who marque up astir fractional the colonisation and clasp decisive electoral sway crossed the region. 

This reflects the social composition of the district, which is portion of the State’s Junglemahal region. Scheduled Castes relationship for 20.13% of the colonisation of Jhargram district, portion Scheduled Tribes marque up 29.32%, taking their combined share to nearly 49.5%, on with the important beingness of different backward classes. Their monolithic ballot stock makes these communities a decisive electoral bloc that each large parties are keen to court.