West Bengal Elections 2021: With phase one polling more than, concentrate has now shifted to Nandigram, exactly where sitting chief minister Mamata Banerjee is taking on her former lieutenant and now BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. To win what is now referred to as the largest battle of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has decided to camp in Nandigram for the next 3 days beginning Sunday. Nandigram will vote in the second phase on April 1. During the next 3 days, the TMC chief will hold seven rallies which includes two roadshows on Monday and Tuesday. Today, the chief minister will address a rally in Birulia, exactly where she got injured two weeks ago.
Nandigram has now turn into a prestige battle for each Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari. Nandigram is the birthplace of the historic land movement that propelled Mamata Banerjee to energy by dethroning the Left in 2011. Suvendu Adhikari was the face of that movement, which produced him amongst the most trusted lieutenants of Banerjee. However, a lot of water has flown due to the fact then and now buddies have turn into foe.
Suvendu is sitting MLA from Nandigram, exactly where he got 67.20 per cent votes in 2016. Nandigram is a stomping ground of Adhikari, who is confident of winning it by more than 50,000 votes. The TMC, on the other hand, says that all these votes Adhikari got in 2016 had been in the name of TMC and its leader Mamata Banerjee.
For Suvendu Adhikari, Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a enormous road show in Nandigram on March 30 (Tuesday). Nandigram has 30 per cent Muslim votes, that is the typical of minority votes in the state. While Banerjee is banking heavily on the minority votes, Suvendu has openly mentioned that Mamata will get just that and will shed the polls by more than 50,000 votes. Adhikari comes from a political loved ones, which has substantial clout in east Medinipur district. The Nandigram assembly segment is component of Medinipur district. Adhikari knows his ground pretty effectively, and Mamata in no way actually cared as well considerably for the territory as she had her important commander in-charge of Nandigram.
On Saturday, the BJP released a audio tape in which Mamata Banerjee purportedly known as a BJP leader and sought his assist to win Nandigram. “You should help us win Nandigram. Look, I know you have some grievances, but that’s due mostly to the Adhikaris who never allowed me to get into Nandigram or East Midnapore. I will take care of everything henceforth,” Banerjee purportedly told BJP official Pralay Pal. The BJP leader, even so, refused to go along with Mamata and mentioned he cannot betray the Adhikaris. “Didi, you called me and I am honoured. But I can’t betray the Adhikaris as they have stood by me through thick and thin,” he was heard saying in the audio clip as per PTI.
This reflects the type of influence Suvendu and his loved ones has in the area, which will choose the fate of Mamata Banerjee on April 1.