Fact Check: Did Mamata say she would quit politics if defeated in Nandigram?

A picture of Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari is doing the rounds on social media, with the claim that Mamata vowed to quit politics if she lost in Nandigram.

Even though the Trinamool Congress romped to victory in West Bengal, party supremo Mamata Banerjee had to bite the dust in Nandigram to her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari. In the meantime, a Facebook post claims that Mamata had earlier said she would quit politics if defeated in Nandigram. Several Facebook users have posted a picture of Mamata and Suvendu with a caption in Hindi which translates to, “Is she shameless? She has been defeated by 1,622 votes, but will now take back her words as she’d said she would quit politics if defeated in Nandigram.” India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found it was not Mamata but Suvendu who had said he would defeat her by 50,000 votes or quit politics. Suvendu beat Mamata in Nandigram by a narrow margin of 1,956 votes.