"Will Win By 50,000 Votes": Trinamool Vow In Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram
NDTV
Nandigram is back in focus again ahead of next year's general election, which will be crucial for Trinamool.
The Trinamool Congress held a huge rally today in Bengal's Nandigram, venturing into the territory it lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in the state elections. The coming panchayat polls in the state will be seen as litmus test before next year's general election and the Trinamool is determined to put up a good show in the area where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had lost a straight fight with her aide-turned rival two years ago.
Party MP and Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, who led the 20-km rally in Nandigram as part of the party's Nabo Jowar (New Wave) campaign, alleged that Suvendu Adhikari had won through "load-shedding" -- hinting at electoral malpractice.
"The results of 2021 Bengal elections in Nandigram were falsified. The people of this land know exactly what happened," he said. In the next election, the Trinamool candidate will win by over 50,000 votes, added the leader, who is on a statewide public outreach march called the "Jono Sanjog Yatra".
Mr Adhikari is yet to respond.
