Lack of industry in Nandigram may return to haunt Mamata Banerjee

Nandigram, 126 km south of Kolkata, is Banerjee's once trusted lieutenant turned biggest challenger Suvendu Adhikari's bastion

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On January 18 — months ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Bengal due in April/May — Banerjee announced her candidature from the East Medinipur constituency, in a bid to checkmate Adhikari

Ishita Ayan Dutt Kolkata

5 min read Last Updated : Feb 05 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

A show of flag power by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in full display on the road to Nandigram in the East Medinipur district of West Bengal. Alternating gates from the two parties, giant cutouts of TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, and posters of her once trusted lieutenant turned biggest challenger, Suvendu Adhikari, make it a riot of saffron and green.

The imagery shows that the poll din is reaching a fever pitch here and the rural hamlet (population: 2,85,131) — once a symbol of the land agitation movement in

Topics : Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Assembly polls Suvendu Adhikari Nandigram West Bengal All India Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janata Party