BJP challenges Mamata to announce she will contest only from Nandigram
- 3 years ago
The BJP on Saturday challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to announce that she will contest the coming state election only from Nandigram if she is confident of her victory, prompting TMC to hit back and ask the saffron party to first name its chief ministerial candidate.
BJP national general secretary and Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya in a tweet asked Banerjee to announce whether she will be fighting only from Nandigram. The Trinamool Congress was quick to hit back saying it wondered why BJP is scared of declaring its Nandigram candidate or its chief ministerial face.
BJP has not announced its candidate for the seat and has said it will choose its chief minister only after coming to power in the state.Banerjee had announced at a TMC rally at Nandigram in January that she will contest from the seat. Nandigram had witnessed anti-farmland acquisition movement in 2007 in the aftermath of the then Left Front government's plan to acquire land for a special economic zone.
BJP national general secretary and Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya in a tweet asked Banerjee to announce whether she will be fighting only from Nandigram. The Trinamool Congress was quick to hit back saying it wondered why BJP is scared of declaring its Nandigram candidate or its chief ministerial face.
BJP has not announced its candidate for the seat and has said it will choose its chief minister only after coming to power in the state.Banerjee had announced at a TMC rally at Nandigram in January that she will contest from the seat. Nandigram had witnessed anti-farmland acquisition movement in 2007 in the aftermath of the then Left Front government's plan to acquire land for a special economic zone.