Nandigram: Daggers were drawn between West Bengal minister Suvendu Adhikari and the TMC on Tuesday, with the former taking a dig at party colleagues for visiting Nandigram after a gap of 13 years before the 2021 state polls.
This evoked a sharp response from the TMC which hit back at Adhikari for “helping BJP” by negating the contributions of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the anti-land acquisition movement.
TMC’s ire was heightened as Adhikari, who is one of the most influential members of the party, did not once mention Banerjee or the party during a rally held by him to pay respect to martyrs of Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (Land Eviction Resistance Committee) on ‘Nandigram Dibas’.
It was on this day in 2007 that some BUPC members were killed in police firing. Banerjee, riding the crest of the anti-farmland acquisition movement had succeeded in dislodging the 34-year-long rule of the Left Front in the state in 2011.
Adhikari expressing his gratitude towards those who took an active part in the movement but did not take the name of the party nor its supremo.
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