Congress workers are channelising all their efforts for Abhijit to win as Adhir Chowdhury, who is also the state Congress President, is aiming to retain all three seats in Murshidabad.
Congress is also hoping to consolidate maximum amount of minority votes here in the wake of the rise of ‘Modi-wave' throughout the country, as the minorities in the constituency are considered to be conservative.
This, in turn, could help Abhijit clinch victory.
“Given the so-called Modi wave it is likely that most of the Muslims votes would get consolidated in favour of Congress in North Bengal, including in Raiganj and Jangipur,” political analyst Udayan Bandopadhya said.
The district Congress has been synonymous with the name of Chowdhury, who despite various political infiltrations by erstwhile Left regime and present Trinamool Congress regime has been able to maintain Murshidabad as a Congress stronghold.
“For Adhir da it would be a huge loss for his reputation if Abhijit Mukherjee loses as it would be regarded as his loss, which he can't afford,” a district Congress leader said.
