Kolkata: Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (March 10) filed her nomination from Nandigram’s seat for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.
Accompanied by occasion president Subrata Bakshi, Mamata Banerjee filed her papers on the Haldia sub-divisional workplace, after collaborating in a 2-km roadshow. Mamata will face her former protege and BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari within the high-profile Nandigram meeting seat.
Nandigram meeting constituency is ready for a high-octane battle with Mamata deciding to contest from the seat in opposition to Adhikari, who not too long ago converted to the saffron camp.
Suvendu Adhikari, nonetheless, branded Mamata Banerjee as an outsider in Nandigram and asserted that individuals duped by chit fund firms within the state would get again their cash if the saffron occasion is voted to energy.
Accusing Banerjee of making an attempt to divide communities into non secular strains forward of the meeting elections, Adhikari mentioned the TMC supremo had “incorrectly” recited the ‘Chandipath’ (holy textual content) right here on Tuesday.
He alleged that the chit fund rip-off occurred as a result of the TMC authorities and its leaders “looted public money”, including “She (Banerjee) is an outsider in Nandigram. She does not even cast her vote here. I am not only the ‘bhoomiputra’ (son of the soil of Nandigram), but also a regular voter of the area.”
“I have been with the people of this place for several years unlike Banerjee, who comes here only during polls,” Adhikari mentioned whereas inaugurating his election workplace.
Nandigram Assembly constituency is ready for a high-octane battle with Banerjee deciding to contest from the seat in opposition to Adhikari.
Earlier on March 5, the TMC launched its record of candidates with Banerjee saying that she’s going to contest from Nandigram. She had been contesting polls from the Bhawanipore constituency up to now.
On March 6, the BJP fielded former TMC chief Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram in opposition to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, setting the stage for a high-profile contest from the seat within the state meeting elections.
Adhikari, a former minister within the Trinamool Congress authorities, had joined the BJP in December final 12 months. He had earlier mentioned that BJP will defeat TMC by over 50,000 votes from Nandigram.
West Bengal will witness eight-phased Assembly polls starting March 27, because the tenure of the sixteenth Legislative Assembly will finish on May 30 this 12 months.
(With Agency Inputs)
