Mamta Banerjee to contest from Nandigram Assembly Seat
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that she will contest from the Nandigram assembly seat in the West Bengal assembly elections. At the same time, Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that party leader Suvendu Adhikari will contest against Mamta Banerjee.
After getting ticket to contest from Nandigram, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said, “I thank the national party leadership for the responsibility given to me. I will work to make lotus bloom in Nandigram and across West Bengal. She (Mamata Banerjee) is going to lose this election (in Nandigram) by over 50,000 votes.”
He said, “Nandigram (election) is not a challenge for me. I am going to Nandigram to defeat her (Mamata Banerjee) and send her back to Kolkata.”
Replying to a question about if he would be CM if BJP wins in West Bengal Assembly elections ? Suvendu Adhikar said, “Decisions in BJP are not made individually. I am a disciplined and sincere soldier of the party. We all are working as a team. I don’t want to answer hypothetical questions.”
Earlier, Addressing a rally in Muchipara (West Bengal), Suvendu Adhikari said that Without Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s contribution, this country would have been an Islamic country and we would be living in Bangladesh.
