'Bhabanipur is my younger sister': Mamata Banerjee may contest from two constituencies
Kolkata, Jan 18: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has on Monday announced that she will contest the upcoming Bengal election from Nandigram, the epicenter of a farmers' movement that propelled her to power in the state 10 years ago.
The announcement is significant as Nandigram is the constituency of her former close aide Suvendu Adhikari, who had recently quit the TMC and joined the BJP.
In the last election, Banerjee had contested from Bhabanipur in Kolkata.
Addressing the Nandigram rally, Mamata Banerjee said, "I want to request Subrata Bakshi [TMC general secretary], it is my wish, I will not neglect Bhabanipur, I will give good candidate [for Bhabanipur] but I want my name in Nandigram. Due to my love for Nandigram, I could not control my emotions".
"Nandigram
is
my
big
sister,
Bhabanipur
is
my
younger
sister...I
will
fight
from
both
if
possible.
In
case
I
am
unable
to
contest
from
Bhabanipore,
someone
else
would
contest."
Mamata
Banerjee,
during
the
rally,
went
on
to
take
a
dig
at
Suvendu
Adhikari,
who
recently
left
TMC
to
join
the
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP),
saying
it
was
"good
some
people
have
left
[TMC]".
"Some are moving from here to there. They will be fought by our local leaders, don't worry, these guys were not there when the Trinamool Congress was formed. It is good some people have left," Mamata Banerjee said.