Assembly Election 2021 results are soon to be announcedas the counting of votes commenced at 8 AM today. On the 2nd of May, theresults of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, ad Puducherry will bedeclared as the state polls ended in these regions.
Amid the Covid19 crisis, stricter preventive measures arefollowed during vote counting. Also this year the Election Commission hasordered the suspension of victory rallies after the declaration of results.
West Bengal held elections in 8 phases and the exit pollsdoubted a tight race between CM Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari. MamataBanerjee contested from Nandigram instead of contesting from her safe seat ofthe Bhabanipur constituency.
Nandigram is the main highlight of Assembly Elections2021 in West Bengal. The topmost political leaders of the state, Banerjee andformer TMC member Suvendhu Adhikari, now on the BJP side are fighting for seatin the Nandigram region. According to initial trends, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikariand former aide of Banerjee is in lead.
Here are the reasons why Nandigram is the biggestbattleground in the Assembly election of 2021.
The two seats of Nandigram and Singur have historicallychanged the course of politics in West Bengal. The state was ruled by the Leftsfor almost 34 years. But the Nandipur killings and the Singur movement led tothe collapse of the Left government in 2011.
Maa, Mati, Manush- Meaning Mother, Motherland and People,TMC’s slogan which was raised after 14 villagers were killed in police firingin Nandigram in 2007 who were protesting against land acquisition along withTMC. The slogan ensured the inception of Banerjee's stronghold in the region.
Banerjee also protested against the land acquisition inSingur.
TMC held strong roots in the Nandhigram constituency, asin 2016 Suvendu Adhikari won in the region. However, then he contested by TMC’sside. Last year, Adhikari left TMC and joined rival party BJP and is nowcontesting for the same constituency against TMC. Due to this complexsituation, the Nandigram results are quite unclear.
Also, the Nandigram constituency comes under the PurbaMedinipur district which is considered as the bastion of the Adhikari family.In the biggest political movement in West Bengal which was led by MamataBanerjee, Suvendu Adhikari was the lieutenant and claims to be the one who madethe movement successful.