Nandigram

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  Suvendu Adhikari Keeps Bhabanipur Seat, Vacates Nandigram After Winning Both

  He defeated TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in her Bhabanipur bastion in the recently concluded Assembly polls by a margin of 15,105

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  Suvendu Adhikari, Bengal Lawmakers To Take Oaths In Assembly On May 13-14

  Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and the newly-elected MLAs will take oaths as legislators over the course of two days.

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  "Suvendu Da Defeated Her In Her Home": Amit Shah Jabs Mamata Banerjee

  Suvendu Adhikari, who defected from the Trinamool Congress in 2020, had previously defeated Banerjee in the Nandigram constituency in 2021.

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  Suvendu Adhikari, Mamata Banerjee In See-Saw Bhabanipur Battle

  In the build-up to this election, Adhikari went after Banerjee again, this time announcing his candidature from the family bastion of Nandigram and Bhabanipur too.

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  Suvendu Adhikari, The Student Who One-Upped The Master, And Is Trying Again

  Adhikari joined Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in 1998 and entered the Bengal assembly as an MLA from the Kanthi Dakshin constituency in 2006.

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  Trinamool-BJP Battle Royale In Bengal With 152 Seats In Phase 1

  Two states that have eluded the BJP for long are voting today and more than Tamil Nadu, it is Bengal that all eyes will be on. For Trinamool Congress and the BJP, it is a desperate battle amid the political firestorm over voter list revision.

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  Bengal Elections 2026: Bhabanipur To Nandigram, 5 Key Seats To Watch Out For

  In Bengal, the number of voters has reduced by around 91 lakh after the Special Intensive Review (SIR).

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  Mamata Banerjee Not In Race, But All Eyes On Prestige Fight In Bengal's Nandigram

  Suvendu Adhikari is trying not just to keep Nandigram, but has raised the stakes by challenging Mamata Banerjee from Bhabanipur

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  Election Commission Transfers 173 Bengal Police Station Heads Ahead Of Polls

  Poll body officials said such large-scale transfers are aimed at ensuring neutrality in law enforcement.

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  Meet Pabitra Kar, Ex-BJP Leader Contesting Against Mentor Suvendu Adhikari

  Pabitra Kar is a former panchayat pradhan in Nandigram. 

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  The Protege Paradox: Can Suvendu Adhikari's Ex-Loyalist Reclaim Nandigram?

  Nandigram has long been the heart of "paribartan" (change) in Bengal.

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  Nandigram: Centrepiece Of Bengal's Political Battleground

  Coming up months after the Singur agitation over land acquisition, the Nandigram protest turned into a violent resistance movement that lasted well over a year-and-a-half, loosening the grip of the seven-term Left Front regime in the state.

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  A Tale Of Two Constituencies: Bhabanipur And Nandigram

  Long-term leaders build strong constituency ties. Bhabanipur is Mamata Banerjee's urban stronghold, while Nandigram is a rural, symbolic seat where she lost to Suvendu Adhikari. Their contest reflects Bengal's shifting urban-rural political divide.

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  History Repeats Itself In Nandigram Where Suvendu Adhikari Faces His Ex-Aide

  A top leader versus a former aide -- this was the script that played out in Bengal's Nandigram in the last assembly election, with dramatic results. This time, it is about a see a reprise, with an aide of the sitting MLA -- the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari

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  Mamata Banerjee's 2026 Endgame: A 226 Target, And Kolkata Dare For Ex-Aide

  Bengal Elections 2026: Mamata Banerjee To Contest From Kolkata's Bhabanipur Against Ally-Turned-Rival Suvendu Adhikari