BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari files nomination from Bengal Poll epicentre Nandigram

Adhikari, who is pitted against his former chief and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, was accompanied by central leaders Smriti Irani, Dharmendra Pradhan and Babul Supriyo to file the nomination in Haldia.

Before filing nomination, Adhikari targeted Banerjee saying, "Mamata Banerjee used to come to Nandigram every five years. But I am a local person. I am a voter here."

Countering Adhikari, Trinamool secretary general Partha Chatterjee said the BJP leader would lose the election in the worst possible way.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee filed her nomination Mar 10.

In a new twist to the Nandigram battle, Banerjee got herself injured on the same day as she alleged to have been pushed by four-five men while she was greeting her supporters from the car.

Banerjee, who is admitted to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, got her ankle injured and later her left foot was plastered.

The incident had political ramifications entirely on Thursday with claims and counter-claims made by the Trinamool and BJP.

However in her video message Thursday, Banerjee refrained from accusing anyone but appealing to people to maintain calm.

Adhikari, who is fighting a prestige battle, has not commented yet on the entire episode.