Nandigram, March 30: 'Jai Shri Ram', and that was the signal for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as she crossed the venue of union home minister Amit Shah’s roadshow in Nandigram today. Banerjee with her broken leg proceeded to the venue of her own roadshow ahead of the BJP leader Amit Shah's roadshow in the state of Bengal.
Banerjee and Shah are holding back to back roadshows in Nandigram today as the attention turns towards the electoral battle between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari in the high-profile constituency.
Amit Shah’s roadshow started from Bheturia at 12pm. Bharatiya Janata Party's Mithun Chakraborty also campaigns for actor Hiran Chatterjee, the party's candidate from the Kharagpur Sadar assembly seat. Banerjee has been camping in Nandigram from Sunday and is holding an 8-km roadshow starting from Khudiram More to Thakurchowk in Nandigram Block 2, followed by public meetings.
"Remember, if I have entered Nandigram once, I will not leave. Nandigram is my place, I will stay here. I could have contested from any other constituency but I have chosen Nandigram to pay my respect to the mothers & sisters of this place. To salute the Nandigram movement, I chose Nandigram over Singur", Banerjee flagrantly said.
Meanwhile, Shah said, "Looking at the enthusiasm among the people of Nandigram, it is clear that Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate Suvendu Adhikari is going to win from here. The easiest way to bring 'parivartan' is to make sure Mamata Didi loses from Nandigram". Tuesday, being the last day of campaigning for the second phase of the elections in Bengal on Thursday. While 39 assembly constituencies are going to polls in Assam in phase 2, 30 seats in West Bengal will be voting in the second phase of the election in the state.
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