Will defeat Mamata or quit: Suvendu Adhikari

January 18, 2021 18:09

Newest BJP entrant Suvendu Adhikari has hit back at Mamata Banerjee's wish to contest elections from his bastion Nandigram and confirmed he will be facing off against his former political boss in the upcoming 2021 West Bengal elections.

Speaking at a rally in Kolkata, Suvendu Adhikari bellowed, "If I do not defeat her [Mamata] with half lakh votes in Nandigram I will quit politics!"

Adhikari's declaration came hours after Mamata Banerjee on Monday declared she will contest the upcoming West Bengal assembly election from his stronghold Nandigram.

Hitting out at the TMC, Suvendu Adhikari said, "The TMC is no more a party, it is a private limited company."

Questioning Mamata Banerjee's political acumen, the BJP leader added that the fact that the TMC had to hire a political strategist from Bihar (Prashant Kishore), proves that the BJP has the edge in West Bengal.

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