The TMC seeks to win the Asansol Lok Sabha seat by relying on actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha’s star power and appeal among the Hindi-speaking community, with ‘Bihari Babu’ attempting to do away with the external tag in the industrial city. Bengal’s ruling party, which has never won elections in Asansol or four other parliamentary constituencies in the state, is doing everything possible to break the curse.