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Religious and ethnic divisions are growing deeper in Bengal, a region divided between India and Bangladesh. Politicians on both sides of the border are seeking to capitalize on religious sentiment. In Bangladesh, the February parliamentary elections marked a major moment for Islamist politics, with Jamaat-e-Islami winning nearly one third of the votes nationwide — its strongest showing yet. In India’s West Bengal, the Hindu nationalist BJP surged from about 10% vote share in 2016 to nearly 46% this year. Under the state’s “first past the post” electoral system, this was enough for the BJP to secure 207 out of 294 seats in the state assembly last month. READ: India’s […]... Keep on reading: Religion steers Bengal politics in Bangladesh, India — again
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