New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee is trailing in early trends in Bengal’s Nandigram, where her BJP rival is her former trusted lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari.
Mamata Banerjee is nearly 5,000 votes behind Suvendu Adhikari, whose switch to the BJP led to a flood of defections from the Trinamool.
Trinamool Congress chief and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is facing a challenge from her former aide Suvendu Adhikari, who defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last year.
After eight phases of polling amid the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, counting of votes in underway in West Bengal. Initial trends suggest that Banerjee is trailing Adhikari in Nandigram assembly constituency as of 10.00 am.
It is to be noted that counting is in progress and the lead stands to sway.
Adhikari had won the Nandigram seat in 2016 on a Trinamool ticket. But the constituency has been held by Banerjee’s party since 2009.
