Nandigram
Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP’s most important import from Bengal’s ruling Trinamool, has challenged CM Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, setting up the most high-voltage contest in the eight-round Bengal election.
Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP’s most high-profile candidate in the Bengal election starting Saturday. He is “hiring criminals and anti-social elements”. Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien has said in a letter to the Election Commission.
Mr. O’Brien has listed addresses in the letter for the alleged criminals – non-residents – being harbored in Nandigram to cause trouble. He has asked the Election Commission to immediately catch these elements and act against them.
Some “30-40 boys” have been staying since December at the home of Kalipada Shee. There are move around in motorcycles, the Trinamool leader alleged. He also said Mr. Adhikari was a regular visitor to the house.
He also listed two more houses sheltering 20-30 people each. The local police had been informed but had refused to act, said the Trinamool Rajya Sabha member.
Mamata Banerjee has been campaigning in a wheelchair
Nandigram is the setting for Mamata Banerjee’s battle versus her former aide. Which has become the story of this Bengal election, preceded by mass defections from the Trinamool to the BJP.
Mamata Banerjee has been campaigning in a wheelchair since she was injured in Nandigram two weeks ago. In rally after rally, she has implied a BJP plan in her foot getting crushed by the press of crowds at a market where she was greeting people from a car after filing her election papers.