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BHOPAL: Tuesday’s election formalised the advent of another Arif in Bhopal’s political space Arif Masood was elected on a Congress ticket as MLA from Bhopal Madhya seat. Masood won by 14,944 votes defeating incumbent BJP’s Surendranath Singh.The two main Congress candidates from Bhopal North and Madhya assembly constituencies shared the same forename – Arif. This election, Masood shunned away his white skullcap. His press releases were full of images of his acceptance amongst the poor of both communities.After this win, Masood becomes a force in Bhopal’s minority politics too. The comparisons, however, between the namesakes begin and end at just that – their names!“It is a win for Bhopal’s Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb..