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Bengal Polls 2021
PM Modi in Uluberia Rally (Image Credit: BJP Twitter)

Nandigram incident shows Didi losing, she might fight from another seat: Modi taunts Mamata

| @indiablooms | Apr 01, 2021, at 11:46 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Taunting his political foe Mamata Banerjee who cried foul over voting in one polling booth in Nandigram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the West Bengal Chief Minister might look for another seat as she was sure of losing to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Suvendu Adhikari.

At a rally in Uluberia, Modi said, "The Nandigram incident shows Didi is losing in Nandigram. We are hearing that she might fight from another seat."

"Didi, are you going to file your nomination from another seat?" the BJP stalwart added.

Immediately after the PM's remark, top sources of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) have confirmed the question of Mamata Banerjee fighting from any other seat doesn’t arise. The party has claimed she is winning in Nandigram 'comfortably'.

A standoff between the TMC and BJP workers in Nandigram's Boyal occurred after Mamata reached one polling station in the area at around 1:40 pm. after it was reported that a TMC polling agent was denied an entry into a booth.

Mamata was captivated inside the polling booth for nearly two hours until she was rescued by CRPF and police personnel.

She had also complained against the BJP to the Election Commission and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

After her trusted soldier Suvendu quit the TMC, Mamata took the reigns of her party in Nandigram by announcing her candidature from the seat, leaving her traditional Bhabanipore constituency.

Interestingly, Mamata while announcing the TMC's candidate list had said she might fight from Tollygunge seat in Kolkata, triggering speculations over her political move.

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