A little over 200m is what separates chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her former confidante-turned-bete noire Suvendu Adhikary in Nandigram’s Reyapara. The residence where Mamata is staying on Wednesday night is on the same road linking Nandigram block-II with neighbouring Chandipur, where Adhikary has an election office.
On Wednesday evening, Adhikary wasn’t in at his Reyapara office. Those at the office without the mandatory protection against the novel Coronavirus could not care less. The battle they have in hand on Thursday could decide the fate for Bengal, though in the second phase polling will be held in 29 more Assembly seats.