West Bengal elections are on the minds of everyone and init, Nandigram is turning out to be the epicentre.
TMC (All India Trinamool Congress)’s Mamta and BJP (BharatiyaJanata Party) ’s Shubhendu Adhikari are fighting this contest.
Nandigram
Nandigram in West Bengal is the place where the most pitchedelectoral battle will take place. This hot seat is seeing duel between twoveterans, one of which was one a favourite of the other.
Yes, Shubhendu Adhikari was once near to Mamta Banerjee.
Anyways, the battle is not for the complete Nandigram, butonly Nandigram-2 Block.
Experts opine that the win here will decide the overall winner.
Hindu votes seem to be the prize both the politicians areafter.
Nandigram-2
Nandigram-1 has one-third Muslim population and they are resistingelectoral campaigns by Shubhendu Adhikari.
When he reached the place to perform a pooja, womenfolkbrought slippers and brooms to chase him away. Though, the pooja was performed albeitafter starting hours late.
Nandigram-1’s RSS slow hold
Nandigram-1 houses 60% of the total population of Nandigramand BJP has been unable to enter it.
Still, RSS has been quietly making its presence felt withreligious banners in Hindu-majority villages.
It is clear that the support of Hindu voters is being askedfor.
Focus on Hindu voters
Mamta chose to focus on Nandigram-2 because she expects towin more than 53,000 votes from here.
However, this projection includes Hind voters also. The numberof Muslim voters is about 1,10,000.
It must be noted that TMC is confident about the Muslimvoters but Hindu voters is something they will have to work for.
It is believed by experts that by choosing to campaign inNandigram-2, Mamta has been able to reach voters.
All in all, who gets the votes in this hot seat will be aresult worth waiting for.