The Left parties sprung a surprise by winning 16 out of 29 seats they contested in 2020 Bihar Assembly elections. The CPI-ML Liberation was particularly successful. ThePrint explored why the Left continues to thrive in Bihar despite electoral erosion in the rest of the country.
Why an embattled Left survives in Bihar
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