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Taking the electoral contention to Nandigram, the stronghold of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person Suvendu Adhikari, Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee held a nationalist gathering astatine the constituency successful Purba Medinipur connected Wednesday (March 25, 2026) and said that helium volition personally support a way astatine the developments there.
Mr. Adhikari has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee successful Bhabanipur and the Trinamool Congress has decided to marque things hard for the BJP person successful return. The Trinamool Congress has fielded Pabitra Kar, a erstwhile BJP idiosyncratic to contention against Mr. Adhikari. In fact, Mr. Kar, erstwhile adjacent to Suvendu Adhikari, had joined the Trinamool Congress hours earlier his candidature was announced.
“Nandigram is my responsibility. All of you instrumentality work for the coming 25 days. For the adjacent 5 years I volition beryllium liable for Nandigram.” Mr. Banerjee said addressing a workers’ gathering successful Nandigram connected Wednesday (March 26, 2026).
The party’s second-in-command announced that if the Trinamool wins Nandigram, past the Sebaashray camp would beryllium organised determination each year. Sebaashray is a flagship inaugural of Mr. Banerjee done which helium organises wellness camps astatine his constituency Diamond Harbour annually.
He urged enactment workers to defy the BJP without fear. “A connection should beryllium conveyed to those who leap astir excessively overmuch that aft the results are declared connected May 4, that on with Rabindra Sangeet we volition play DJs,” helium said successful a remark seen arsenic a menace to the governmental opponents.
Mr. Banerjee besides reflected connected the results of 2021 Assembly polls, erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mislaid to Suvendu Adhikari by a borderline of 1956 votes. The Trinamool wide caput said that helium had heard reports of sabotage successful the past election.
In 2021, Suvendu Adhikari received 1, 10,764 votes against Mamata Banerjee’s 1, 08,808 votes. Nandigram had implicit 68,000 Muslims comprising conscionable implicit 26 % of the electorate. The electorate successful Nandigram aft the merchandise of the last draught rolls stands astatine 2, 68,378. Around 10,616 were marked nether adjudication aft the last rolls were published connected February 28.
Speaking successful Nandigram, Suvendu Adhikari said that determination is rumour astir him that helium is lone an MLA for the Hindus, but during the run helium had asked for everyone’s votes. “Muslims did not ballot for maine truthful I became an MLA with the enactment of the Hindu voters,” Mr. Adhikari said, speaking astatine a BJP workers meet.
“I came present to inquire a question. Have you seen maine alteration successful immoderate mode since I person been a combatant astatine the crushed level present successful 2008, oregon arsenic an MP successful 2014, oregon arsenic a curate successful 2016, oregon arsenic a Leader of Opposition successful 2021?” Mr. Adhikari asked enactment workers attending the meeting.
The BJP person who played a cardinal relation successful the conflict against forcible onshore acquisition successful Nandigram, said that his hostile Pabitra Kar has nary publication successful the conflict and cannot adjacent sanction the martyrs of the movement.
Mr. Adhikari is contesting from 2 constituencies Nandigram and Bhabanipur. In Bhabanipur, helium is challenging Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and has said that helium volition decision her for the 2nd time.
