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CRUSHING BLOW: The Congress and the Trinamul Congress have swept the panchayat polls.

CRUSHING BLOW: The Congress and the Trinamul Congress have swept the panchayat polls.

CPM turns red after resounding polls defeat

The West Bengal panchayat poll results are out and the CPM has lost out in zila parishad elections in Singur and Nandigram, for the first time in two decades. These were the regions that witnessed protests of the state government's land acquisition for industrial projects. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has won all zila parishad seats in Nandigram, Haldia and Singur.

LITMUS TEST FOR CONG: The polls are a litmus test for the party and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

UP civic poll: Cong gets a shock

Worrying signs for the Congress are fast emerging ahead of the UP elections with some of the results of the Panchayat polls in.

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