Kolkata: A uncontrived electoral showdown has been set up between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. On Monday, the BJP released a list of 144 candidates for Bengal, which included Suvendu Adhikari's name. He has been fielded from the Nandigram constituency—the very seat where he defeated Mamata Banerjee in the previous West Bengal Assembly Election.
Additionally, he has entered the fray in Bhabanipur, the constituency currently represented by Mamata Banerjee as its MLA. Now, Mamata Banerjee has moreover spoken that she herself will races from Bhabanipur. Thus, it has wilt well-spoken that the scenario witnessed in Nandigram during the last referendum is set to repeat itself in Bhabanipur.
What did Mamata Banerjee say?
Mamata Banerjee's defeat versus Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram had been a subject of intense discussion. It is widely predictable that this time around, a high-voltage electoral wrestle is likely to unfold in Bhabanipur. On Tuesday, Mamata Banerjee moreover asserted that her party would win 226 seats in the state and secure power for a fourth subsequent term. Furthermore, Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing wade on the Referendum Commission. "Didi" so-called that the Referendum Commission is transferring senior officials just superiority of Eid. She suggested that this appears to be a ploy to incite riots in the state prior to the Bengal elections. She warned that if any such incident were to occur, the Referendum Commission would be held solely responsible.
Mamata so-called that the Referendum Commission is vicarial at the dictate of the BJP. She reiterated that if any untoward incident were to take place in the state, the responsibility would lie squarely with the Referendum Commission and the BJP. She personal that the unshortened game is stuff orchestrated by the Referendum Commission at the BJP's bidding, subtracting sarcastically that it would be increasingly towardly for the Commission to simply wayfarers directly for the BJP. Through these remarks, Mamata Banerjee has signaled her intent to directly target the Referendum Commission. She has once been targeting the Referendum Commission regarding the deployment of inside security forces (SIR). It is worth recalling that the 2021 Assembly elections witnessed a high-voltage races between the BJP and the TMC.
How many seats did BJP win in West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021?
Speculation had plane begun to mount that the BJP might, for the very first time, succeed in capturing power in the state. However, when the results came in, the BJP secured only 77 seats. Meanwhile, the Left parties and the Congress were completely wiped out. Nevertheless, this marked a major success for the BJP, as it had won only three seats in 2016. Thus, for a party to jump from three seats to 77 within a span of five years constituted a significant electoral triumph. This time virtually as well, the BJP appears poised for a tough fight; in line with this strategy, it has once spoken the names of its candidates for nearly half of the seats.
