‘Public will back BJP again’: CM Adhikari predicts win in Bengal's Nandigram
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari expressed confidence that the BJP will win the upcoming Nandigram bypoll by a significant margin. The bypoll was triggered after Adhikari vacated the seat to retain his Bhabanipur constituency.
Why it matters
The Nandigram seat is a high-profile political battleground in West Bengal, serving as a barometer for the ongoing rivalry between the BJP and the TMC.
NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday claimed that the BJP would win the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll by more than 50,000 votes, saying voters had already expressed their faith in the party and him."We will win the by-election by over 50,000 votes. The public had voted for the BJP and me, but as per the Constitution, I cannot hold two seats, so I had to leave one," Adhikari said.The Nandigram bypoll was necessitated after Adhikari vacated the seat and chose to retain Bhabanipur, where he defeated TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in the assembly elections held earlier this year.'I have responsibility for Nandigram'Adhikari said he continued to have a responsibility towards Nandigram and cited development work carried out by the BJP government as a reason…
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