Suvendu Adhikari will be one of the main campaigners of the BJP in the Bengal Assembly elections and to ensure his smooth journey across the state, a helipad is being constructed for the former transport minister in East Midnapore’s Nandigram.
The BJP has fielded Adhikari in Nandigram where chief minister Mamata Banerjee is the Trinamul Congress’s candidate.
Under the watchful eyes of local BJP leaders, a group of labourers is working 24X7 on a four-acre land in Nandigram’s Haripur village to build the helipad from where Adhikari will take off frequently to campaign against Trinamul across Bengal.
Trinamul Congress leadership in East Midnapore has begun a search for a temporary address for Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram from where she is likely to contest in the Assembly polls.
The chief minister herself announced her desire to contest from Nandigram, the site of her anti-land acquisition protest, during a January 18 mega rally in Tekhali as she threw the gauntlet down at former aide Suvendu Adhikari who defected to the BJP in December.
Sources said her candidature in Nandigram was likely to be confirmed by the state Trinamul leadership later this week before the beginning of the nomination filing window of March 5-12.