Why a BJP MP is invoking Bengal's 1972 election in 'vote chori' row

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has revived West Bengal's controversial 1972 Assembly election to hit back at the Congress, citing CPI(M) allegations of rigging and intimidation at the time. Congress won 216 of 280 seats and ally CPI 35, while the CPI(M) fell from 113 seats to 14 and boycotted most of the Assembly, calling it a 'semi-fascist takeover'.