West Bengal assembly election 2021 LIVE: Mamata Banerjee files nomination from Nandigram

New Delhi: West Bengal chief Mamata Banerjee will file her nomination for the Bengal assembly election from Nandigram. Ahead of filing the nominations, Mamata went on a temple temple-hopping spree and offered prayers at a Shiv temple in Nandigram.

Hoarding in Nandigram calls Mamata Banerjee ‘outsider’ ahead of her nomination filing

With poll fever rising high in the state ahead of the Assembly elections, hoardings displayed near the place where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is staying in Nandigram for her election campaign read, ‘Nandigram, Midnapore wants its own son and not outsider’.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 6 fielded former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari from the same seat against Mamata Banerjee and set the stage for a high-profile contest.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee files her nomination as TMC candidate from Nandigram.#WestBengalElections2021 pic.twitter.com/toYBTeZmez

— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2021

The arrival of the leader of the masses, the daughter of Bengal- @MamataOfficial!#DidirSatheNandigram#BanglaNijerMeyekeiChay pic.twitter.com/7MIG2pQW78

— Banglar Gorbo Mamata (@BanglarGorboMB) March 10, 2021

Adhikari, a former minister in the TMC government, had joined the BJP in December last year. He had earlier said the BJP will defeat TMC by over 50,000 votes from Nandigram.

Yesterday, Mamata Banerjee recited Chandi as she launched her poll campaign for the Nandigram seat asserting that no one should dare to play ‘Hindu card’ against her, adding that the people will make BJP ‘April fool’ on the polling day.

On the insider versus outsider debate, Banerjee said, “Some people are calling me an outsider in Nandigram. I was born and brought up in the neighbouring Birbhum district. Today I have become an outsider. And, those coming from Gujarat are now insiders?”