West Bengal may witness a high-voltage battle between chief minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP s Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram.
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday declared the names of 291 candidates for the 294-member state assembly. Banerjee would contest from Nandigram, the constituency held by her former loyalist Suvendu Adhikari who crossed over to the BJP in December last year.
Banerjee has left her traditional seat of Bhowanipore. The TMC has fielded Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay from her home turf.
The remaining three seats of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong have been left for TMC’s alliance partner Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to contest the upcoming polls from the Nandigram assembly constituency seat has not surprised many. The seat was earlier held by former Trinamool heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari till December last year, when he resigned from the assembly and switched to the BJP.
Addressing a huge public rally at Tekhali in Nandigram, Banerjee said, “Nandigram is close to my heart. I can forget my name but I cannot forget Nandigram. Considering the emotional attachment I have with the people of Nandigram, today I am announcing that I wish to contest the upcoming poll from Nandigram.”
In a high voltage contest, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (left) and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to contest each other in Nandigram in the forthcoming assembly elections.
NEW DELHI: In a major political gambit, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday declared that she would contest the forthcoming assembly election from Nandigram. It would be a do-or-die contest for not just the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo but her party as well.
By making the announcement, Mamata has challenged TMC’s main rival, the BJP, in general and her former loyalist Suvendu Adhikari in particular. Adhikari was the sitting MLA from Nandigram till he resigned on December 16 last year.