West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has uncovered that she will contest the upcoming assembly polls in the state from Nandigram. Banerjee made this announcement while tending to a rally in the town.
Nandigram is situated in Purba Mednipore, which is known to be a stronghold of BJP pioneer Suvendu Adhikari. He had joined the saffron fold during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state in December.
Adhikari’s exit came as a significant shock to TMC, taking into account that he is viewed as the party’s tallest mass pioneer after Banerjee. He had won the Nandigram seat during the 2016 assembly elections.
BJP is quickly acquiring traction in the Medinapore locale and Banerjee’s decision to contest from there is arguably to counteract her opposition’s rising popularity. The Chief Minister is currently an MLA from Bhabanipur in South Kolkata. Reports have suggested that Mamata may contest from both Bhabanipur and Nandigram in the upcoming polls.
“I will challenge from Nandigram. Nandigram is my fortunate spot. The individuals who have left the part, have my all the best. Let them become president and vice president of the country. However long I am alive, I won’t permit them to sell out my state to the BJP,” the TMC supremo was cited in the report.