West Bengal Assembly polls: Abhishek Banerjee takes fight to Suvendu’s backyard in Nandigram
The Hindu
Abhishek Banerjee challenges BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram, pledging community health initiatives if Trinamool Congress wins.
Taking the electoral contest to Nandigram, the stronghold of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee held a public meeting at the constituency in Purba Medinipur on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) and said that he will personally keep a track at the developments there.
Mr. Adhikari has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur and the Trinamool Congress has decided to make things difficult for the BJP leader in return. The Trinamool Congress has fielded Pabitra Kar, a former BJP worker to contest against Mr. Adhikari. In fact, Mr. Kar, once close to Suvendu Adhikari, had joined the Trinamool Congress hours before his candidature was announced.
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“Nandigram is my responsibility. All of you take responsibility for the coming 25 days. For the next five years I will be responsible for Nandigram.” Mr. Banerjee said addressing a workers’ meeting in Nandigram on Wednesday (March 25, 2026).
The party’s second-in-command announced that if the Trinamool wins Nandigram, then the Sebaashray camp would be organised there every year. Sebaashray is a flagship initiative of Mr. Banerjee through which he organises health camps at his constituency Diamond Harbour annually.
He urged party workers to resist the BJP without fear. “A message should be conveyed to those who jump around too much that after the results are declared on May 4, that along with Rabindra Sangeet we will play DJs,” he said in a remark seen as a threat to the political opponents.
Abhishek Banerjee challenges BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram, pledging community health initiatives if Trinamool Congress wins.
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