West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she will contest the Bengal election from Nandigram, the epicenter of a farmers’ movement that propelled her to power in the state 10 years ago.
It is a crucial decision as Nandigram is the constituency of her former right-hand man Suvendu Adhikari, who joined the BJP last month in the presence of Amit Shah the Union Minister of Home.
“I will contest from Nandigram. Nandigram is my lucky place,” Mamata Banerjee said, addressing a public meeting in the town for the first time in five years.
Didi indicated that she may contest from two constituencies and said, “Nandigram is my big sister, Bhabanipur is my younger sister…I will fight from both if possible.
A furious Mamata hit out at the BJP, accusing it of luring her party men by promising to turn their black money into white. “Washing Powder Bhajapa (BJP)- She said someone who was black in Trinamool, wants to turn white in BJP washing machine.
She opined that the BJP was trying to convert black into white.
