Suvendu Adhikari quits Nandigram seat, keeps Bhabanipur after landmark Bengal victory
Suvendu Adhikari has vacated the Nandigram Assembly seat after the BJP’s sweeping Bengal win, choosing to retain Bhabanipur where he defeated Mamata Banerjee.
Suvendu Adhikari has vacated the Nandigram Assembly seat after the BJP’s sweeping Bengal win, choosing to retain Bhabanipur where he defeated Mamata Banerjee.
A brief roadside moment between rivals highlights the intensity of the Nandigram contest, with both camps projecting confidence as polling continues in the politically crucial constituency.
High-stakes contests in Nandigram and Bhabanipur dominate Bengal elections, with early voting trends and security concerns shaping the narrative across key districts.
The BJP is all set to deploy its central leaders in West Bengal to campaign for the panchayat polls as well as the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Supreme Court on Friday declined to consider a plea filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari in which he sought the transfer of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition, challenging his election from the Nandigram constituency, outside the state.
With deployment of about 2,200 CAPF personnel, Nandigram people who put up a fierce resistance in 2007 refusing to allow law enforcement personnel inside their territory, today felt safe as they began gathering outside the 355 polling booths when the clock struck 6:30 a.m.
Overall voter turnout at 80.43 p.c till 5 p.m.; sporadic incidents of violence as TMC accuses BJP, Central forces of voter intimidation
There have been reports of sporadic violence and minor clashes from various constituencies, including the high profile Nandigram, where Mamata Banerjee is locked in a high-stakes electoral battle with her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari now with the BJP.
TMC leader and MP Derek O'Brien has written to the Election Commission (EC) alleging booth capture by BJP workers in Nandigram.
“After reaching here (Nandigram), I got a sad piece of news. A woman was raped within a 5-km radius where Mamata Banerjee is staying,” Shah said during his interaction with reporters at the BJP office in Nandigram.
