BJP's heavyweight Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari after casting his vote soon after polling began on Thursday morning, reached his polling booth by riding a bike. Adhikari went to the Nandanayak Bar Primary School around 7.30 to cast his vote. There while speaking to the reporters, he said that he was confident that CM Mamata Banerjee will lose the polls.
Ms Banerjee is contesting the elections against Adhikari from the Nandigram seat.
Nandigram is among the 30 constituencies in West Bengal where polling is being held on Thursday in the second phase of Assembly elections
'I have a very old relationship with the people of the area. I have a personal relationship with almost every person in Nandigram. Pretty confident that I will win the election,' Adhikari said.
'Entire villages have come out to vote in favour of the BJP,' he added.
'I will urge the people to come out early and cast their votes. There were reports of problems at some booths but those have now been solved. The polling is happening peacefully,' he said.
The situation is under control in Nandigram, Adhikari said while adding that voters are hoping for development in Nandigram. "Voting is underway, the situation is under control. People are hoping for development,” he said.
Saying that he will try visiting all the booths in the constituency, the BJP leader claimed that the TMC has failed to deploy agents in all the booths.
He said this shows that Mamata Banerjee will not be able to win the elections.
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Adhikari exercised his franchise for the first time in Nandigram after becoming a voter of the constituency ahead of the elections.
The Assembly elections in West Bengal are being held in eight phases and will end on April 29. The counting of votes will be held on May 2.