Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari retains Bhawanipur seat over Nandigram, where he defeated Mamata India News
New Delhi: Chief Minister of West Bengal After winning from both the constituencies in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday decided to retain the Bhabanipur seat and vacate Nandigram.Suvendu had contested from his stronghold Nandigram as well as Bhawanipur, a constituency long considered the former chief minister’s stronghold. Mamata Banerjee.The West Bengal Chief Minister said, “I cannot take oath as MLA from two assembly constituencies. I have taken oath as MLA from Bhawanipur. I will have to leave Nandigram assembly constituency.”He said, “With the blessings of the public and under the leadership of PM Modi, we have entered the Assembly. The budget will be presented here. Today 143 MLAs will take oath here. The new speaker will be elected tomorrow.”Suvendu secured a high-profile victory from Bhabanipur, a seat close to his Trinamool Congress Supremo Mamta.The veteran leader had earlier defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the 2021 assembly elections after leaving TMC and joining TMC. Bharatiya Janata Party.This time, Suvendu once again challenged Mamata directly by contesting from Bhawanipur, making the constituency one of the biggest political battlegrounds of the election.