Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari will file his nomination on March 12 for contesting West Bengal Assembly elections from Nandigram constituency, knowledgeable the social gathering’s media cell on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who has been representing Bhawanipur, had earlier introduced that she’s going to file her nomination from the identical constituency on March 10.
BJP on Saturday launched its first checklist of 57 candidates for the polls and fielded Adhikari from Nandigram towards Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, setting the stage for a high-profile contest from the seat within the state Assembly elections.
Adhikari, as soon as a detailed aide of Banerjee has switched to BJP in December, final yr. West Bengal is probably going to witness a triangular contest this time with TMC, Congress-Left alliance and the BJP within the fray.
The TMC had on Friday launched its checklist of candidates with Mamata Banerjee saying that she’s going to contest from Nandigram.
West Bengal Assembly elections shall be held in eight phases beginning from March 27 with the ultimate spherical of voting going down on April 29. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
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