Mamata faces off against former disciple-turned-defector Adhikari in a very different contest in Nandigram. It's not land acquisition but an ego clash that has acquired, tragically, communal overtones
The Congress-Left Front-ISF alliance on Wednesday chose CPI(M) youth wing state president Minakshi Mukherjee to contest from Nandigram seat where a war of titans is on the cards
Adhikari, who is contesting against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram seat in the upcoming Assembly polls said the state will turn into Kashmir if Trinamool Congress comes back to power
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier announced her decision to contest from Nandigram where she will be pitched against her protegee Suvendu Adhikari who is contesting on the BJP ticket
Nandigram, 126 km south of Kolkata, is Banerjee's once trusted lieutenant turned biggest challenger Suvendu Adhikari's bastion
Soumendu Adhikari joined BJP in presence of his brother Suvendu Adhikari at 'BJP Yogdaan Mela' at Contai Dormitory ground in East Midnapore
Adhikari said, "In BJP we will work as a disciplined soldier of the party to dislodge TMC and put BJP in power in the assembly polls in 2021"
Adhikari said that West Bengal is standing at a critical juncture as the people of the state are destined to make a choice in the 2021 Assembly elections
Speculation rife that Adhikari, 2 other rebel MLAs may join BJP
Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the primary membership of the TMC
Suvendu Adhikari had helped Mamata Banerjee in her anti- land acquisition movement against the Left Front government in Nandigram in 2009 that catapulted her to power in 2011