Suvendu Adhikari has recently joined BJP. (File)
A day after the TMC held a public meeting in East Midnapore’s Kanthi, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari held at a roadshow in the same area and exuded confidence that the saffron party would win over 200 seats in next year’s Assembly polls.
On Wednesday, TMC leaders had called Adhikari, who joined the BJP in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit in on December 19, a “traitor” and said he was given a ticket to contest election for TMC because he was party MP Sisir Adhikari’s son.
On Thursday, Adhikari covered a five-km distance in his hometown Contai amid huge fanfare. Party leaders Saumitra Khan and Joy Prakash Majumdar and hundreds of party workers attended the roadshow.
Not CM aspirant, just worker: Suvendu Adhikari in Contai
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Adhikari also refrained from calling anyone an outsider and said while Bharat was his country, Bengal was his home, and very much a part of Bharat.
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Kolkata: A day after the Trinamool Congress held a public rally in Contai, newly inducted BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday, in a show of strength, carried out a roadshow in his hometown during which he told reporters that he was not a CM aspirant, but a committed worker of the party.
“Is baar, do sau paar”, he said, making a reference to BJP crossing 200 seats in upcoming West Bengal state polls. Adhikari, who was welcomed into the BJP by Union home minister Amit Shah on December 19, has been actively holding rallies to garner support for the BJP. In his recently held public rallies, he has spoken strongly against the alleged migovernance of the TMC and claimed that the party leaders were also involved in cattle
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Suvendu Adhikari has recently joined BJP. (File)
A DAY after the TMC held a public meeting on his home turf in East Midnapore, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari led a roadshow in the same area and declared that the saffron party would win more than 200 seats in next year’s Assembly polls.
On Thursday, Adhikari covered a five-km distance in his hometown Contai amid huge fanfare. Party leaders Saumitra Khan and Joy Prakash Majumdar and hundreds of party workers attended the roadshow.
“Those who are criticising me should look in the mirror first. They had joined the TMC from other parties. This time TMC will come second. We will win over 200 seats,” said Adhikari.
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