West Bengal Assembly polls | Battle of Nandigram: Mamata will attend 7 public meetings and 2 road shows in 3 days

In the high-stakes battle of Nandigram Assembly constituency that goes to the ballot on April 1, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will camp for 3 days starting from Sunday addressing seven public meetings and two road shows.

She is dealing with her erstwhile protege and now rebel Suvendu Adhikari who joined BJP on the eve of the election, leaving her ordinary constituency of Bhabanipur. The contest can also be for the possession of the Nandigram agitation in opposition to land acquisition by the then Left Front authorities in 2008-09. Mr. Adhikari was the native Trinamool Congress face of the motion.

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Her three-day halt in Nandigram constituency will start with a go to to the Reyapura Shib Mandir Dol Mela at 4.00 p.m. on Sunday adopted by a public assembly. Monday and Tuesday are heavy days for her with three public rallies and one road present every day. The thought is to cowl the size and breadth of the Assembly constituency.

The BJP can also be pulling all stops. Home Minister Amit Shah will be addressing a public assembly right here on Tuesday, the final day of campaigning.

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Ms. Banerjee’s tenting in Nandigram for 3 days has given her political opponent ammunition to query her celebration’s confidence in the Assembly ballot.

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The BJP already has been working a marketing campaign about Trinamool’s “nervousness” concerning Nandigram releasing the audio tape the place the Chief Minister is reportedly asking for assist from Proloy Pal, BJP’s district vice-president in Nandigram.

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“Mamata Banerjee has always said that she is the candidate from all 294 seats. The fact that she is spending three days in Nandigram betrays her nervousness. Right now, it seems her only priority is to win Nandigram,” mentioned Dinesh Trivedi, a founding member of the Trinamool who joined the BJP final month.

The TMC, nevertheless, says that this isn’t very uncommon and each candidate does this. “It is a pointless argument to ask why she is spending three days in a constituency where she is contesting from. Had she not gone, then these very people would have claimed that she is ignoring Nandigram,” celebration chief Saugata Roy mentioned.

Political researcher Sajjan Kumar, mentioned that it could be a really shut contest. “By contesting from Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee has scored the perception advantage of owning up the Nandigram movement. Also there is a committed Muslim electorate who are firmly with the TMC. Though, Ms. Banerjee is finding it difficult to contest the emotional and personal connect that Suvendu Adhikari has,” Mr. Kumar informed The Puucho. Out of the 2.75 lakh registered voters right here 62,000 are minority voters.