Bengal Polls 2021
Will Mamata fight PM Modi from Varanasi in 2024? TMC triggers speculation
Kolkata/IBNS: After Narendra Modi taunted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her prospects in the Nandigram battle, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has triggered a speculation over its supremo's possible candidature from the Prime Minister's constituency Varanasi in the 2024 General Elections.
At a rally in Uluberia on a day Nandigram went to polls, Modi, who was campaigning for his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said, "The Nandigram incident shows Didi is losing in Nandigram. We are hearing that she might fight from another seat."
"Didi, are you going to file your nomination from another seat?" the BJP stalwart, who is an MP from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, added.
Hitting back at the Prime Minister's remark, the TMC has put up a tweet, "Didi is winning Nandigram. The question of her fighting from another seat doesn't arise.
@narendramodi Ji, retract from your efforts to mislead people before they see your lies with the end of nomination in WB. Look for a safer seat in 2024, as you will be challenged in Varanasi."
Didi is winning Nandigram. The question of her fighting from another seat doesn't arise. @narendramodi Ji, retract from your efforts to mislead people before they see your lies with the end of nomination in WB. Look for a safer seat in 2024, as you will be challenged in Varanasi.
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 1, 2021
After her trusted soldier Suvendu Adhikari quit the TMC and joined the BJP, Mamata took the reigns of her party in Nandigram by announcing her candidature from the seat, leaving her traditional Bhabanipore constituency.
Interestingly, Mamata while announcing the TMC's candidate list had said she might fight from Tollygunge seat in Kolkata, triggering speculations over her political move.
A standoff between the TMC and BJP workers in Nandigram's Boyal occurred after Mamata reached one polling station in the area at around 1:40 pm. after it was reported that a TMC polling agent was denied an entry into a booth.
Mamata was held inside the polling booth for nearly two hours until she was rescued by CRPF and police personnel.
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