BJP will field Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram in high voltage contest against Mamata, say sources
Suvendu Adhikari will contest from the Nandigram assembly seat for the upcoming Bengal election, top BJP sources have confirmed to India Today TV.
BJP’s latest heavyweight recruit in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, will contest from the Nandigram assembly seat for the upcoming Bengal election, top BJP sources have confirmed to India Today TV. The decision will pitch Suvendu Adhikari, once a trusted aide of Mamata Banerjee, against the TMC supremo in the high voltage battle for Bengal.
Top BJP sources have confirmed to India Today TV that Suvendu Adhikari will contest from Nandigram assembly seat after he accepted Mamata Banerjee’s challenge to contest her in Nandigram.
Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh, too, has said no one is better suited other than Suvendu Adhikari to contest from the Nandigram seat.
Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday dared West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest the election only from Nandigram, his bastion for long. Suvendu Adhikari is known for spearheading the Nandigram movement which catapulted the TMC government to power, toppling the Left regime.
Suvendu Adhikari, during a rally at Khejuri in Purba Midnapore, said it's not fair on the part of Mamata Banerjee to contest from two seats.
Mamata Banerjee sprang a surprise on Monday when she declared that she will contest the assembly elections from Nandigram, weeks after Suvendu dealt her a blow by joining the BJP.
"If possible, I will contest from both Bhawanipore and Nandigram. Nandigram is my elder sister and Bhawanipore is my younger sister. I will give a strong candidate from Bhawanipore also, in case I don't fight from that seat," Mamata had announced.