West Bengal election results: RG Kar victim’s mother takes early lead in Panihati amid high-stakes BJP–TMC contest
In West Bengal's Panihati, BJP candidate Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, is leading in early vote counts against TMC's Tirthankar Ghosh.
The high-voltage contest, a departure from TMC's traditional stronghold, is closely watched to see if the emotive RG Kar case influences voter sentiment and electoral outcomes.
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