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BJP person Suvendu Adhikari connected Monday (March 30, 2026) filed his information for Nandigram constituency and expressed assurance that the enactment would registry a decisive triumph successful the West Bengal Assembly polls.
Mr. Adhikari submitted his papers earlier the sub-divisional serviceman (SDO) astatine Haldia successful Purba Medinipur territory successful the beingness of elder BJP leaders, including Union curate Dharmendra Pradhan and erstwhile State BJP president Dilip Ghosh.
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Two different BJP candidates from the territory besides filed their nominations on with Mr. Adhikari.
"The request for the BJP among voters is acold greater this time," helium said, sounding assured astir the party’s prospects.
"The BJP remains committed to bringing a clean, corruption-free, development-oriented and ethical authorities successful West Bengal," Mr. Adhikari added.
Mr. Adhikari, who is besides the Leader of the Opposition successful the State Assembly, asserted that helium would triumph from some Nandigram and Bhabanipur constituencies.
The BJP has fielded him from the 2 seats successful a high-profile electoral conflict against the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is pitted successful a pitched conflict with Mr. Adhikari successful her long-held bastion Bhabanipur, making it the State's astir intimately watched Assembly seat.
Mr. Adhikari had defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram successful the 2021 Assembly elections by a constrictive margin, making the constituency 1 of the astir politically important battlegrounds successful the State.
The elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly volition beryllium held successful 2 phases— connected April 23 and 29. Votes volition beryllium counted connected May 4.
