Suvendu Adhikari takes lead in Bhabanipur and Nandigram, TMC candidates Mamata Baneejee, Pabitra Kar trail
Mamata Banerjee is up against her former aide, Suvendu Adhikari, from this seat. It is important to note that the constituency has long been a Trinamool stronghold, but this time it has turned into a prestige battle.
Suvendu Adhikari Vs Mamata Banerjee
New Delhi: In a significant development, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Suvendu Adhikari has taken a massive lead in both Bhabanipur and Nandigram. According to the trends, Trinamool Congress candidates Mamata Banerjee and Pabitra Kar are trailing from their respective seats. The Election Commission of India (ECI) started the counting of votes for assembly elections to four states - West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, and the Union territory of Puducherry today, May 4. Talking to the media, the Nandigram MLA said that BJP will form the government.
The high-octane contest in Bhabanipur is the most talked-about Assembly constituency in this year's West Bengal Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is up against her former aide, Suvendu Adhikari, from this seat. It is important to note that the constituency has long been a Trinamool stronghold, but this time it has turned into a prestige battle. In the 2021 Assembly elections, Shovandeb Chattopadhyay won the seat, defeating BJP's Rudranil Ghosh. He later vacated it, allowing Banerjee to win a bypoll against Priyanka Tibrewal.
The outcome will likely be clear by evening.
'Hindus are consolidated in favour of Lotus': Suvendu Adhikari shares first reaction as BJP leads in West Bengal
West Bengal LoP and BJP candidate from Nandigram and Bhabanipur, Suvendu Adhikari, said, "BJP is forming the Govt. Initial trends show BJP as 135 plus and approx 100 to TMC. Initially, it will be a neck-to-neck fight in Bhabanipur. In the first round of counting, out of the 14 booths, 6 are Muslim-majority. They used to get 90-95% of those votes last time, but it didn't happen this time; there is a crack. I am leading on the 8 Hindu booths."
"From round 9-10 in Bhabanipur, I will be leading There is anti-incumbency, plus Hindus are consolidated in favour of Lotus. This is a very good signal for us There has also been a Muslim vote bifurcation, especially in Malda, Mushidabad and Uttar Dinajpur," he further added.
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