NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday claimed that the BJP would win the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll by more than 50,000 votes, saying voters had already expressed their faith in the party and him.“We will win the by-election by over 50,000 votes. The public had voted for the BJP and me, but as per the Constitution, I cannot hold two seats, so I had to leave one,” Adhikari said.The Nandigram bypoll was necessitated after Adhikari vacated the seat and chose to retain Bhabanipur, where he defeated TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in the assembly elections held earlier this year.
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‘I have responsibility for Nandigram’Adhikari said he continued to have a responsibility towards Nandigram and cited development work carried out by the BJP government as a reason for expecting voters to back the party again.“I have responsibility for the Nandigram seat. The way development work has been done by the BJP government, we will again see the public express its faith in the BJP,” he said.TMC names candidates for Nandigram, RejinagarThe Trinamool Congress faction led by Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced Sanchita Pradhan (Dey) as its candidate for Nandigram and Rabiul Alam Chowdhury for Rejinagar. The bypolls are scheduled for October 6, with counting of votes on October 9.Pradhan is a new face, while Chowdhury is a former MLA, PTI reported.The announcement came after an earlier rebel TMC faction said it would support Mamata Banerjee, potentially strengthening the party’s position ahead of the bypolls.