Kolkata, March 25: Land acquisition and industrialisation have emerged as two of the key issues in West Bengal as campaigning for a no-holds-barred Lok Sabha contest gains momentum. While the ruling Left Front is trying to cash in on its industrial drive to attract votes mainly in urban and semi-urban areas, the Trinamool Congress is using its opposition to farmland acquisition as the main campaign mantra, particularly in the rural belt. “The opposition is trying to destroy the spirit of industrialisation in the state and people have not taken kindly to it,” Samik Lahiri, MP of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), which leads the Left Front, told IANS.
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