Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, 10 March, filed her nomination from the Nandigram constituency for the upcoming Legislative Assembly polls.
Addressing a press conference after filing her nomination, the CM said, “I have always supported the uprising in Nandigram… I have sometimes wanted to be able to contest from Singur or Nandigram. I was reminded of Nandigram when I last came for a meeting here. There was no MLA at that time, the seat was vacant. So I asked, will it be okay if I contest?”
Mamata went on to say that she had gotten a very encouraging response from the crowd, and because of their support, she realised that Nandigram “is not just a slogan,” but the place where the kisan movement built up from.
