KOLKATA: The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, will be filing his nomination from the Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate on Thursday in the presence of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
HM Shah had arrived in Kolkata on Wednesday night. He will be participating in a mega roadshow within the Bhabanipur constituency along with Adhikari before the latter files his nomination.
“HM Shah and Adhikari will start their road show from Hazra intersection, which will start at noon today. After the road show, Adhikari will file his nomination at the Alipore Survey Building. The convoy will stop 200 meters before the Alipore Survey Building. The Union Home Minister and the Leader of Opposition will cover the remaining distance walking, enter the Alipore Survey Building, and thereafter Adhikari will file his nomination, ” a state committee member of the BJP said.
At Bhabanipur, Adhikari is pitted against the sitting Trinamool Congress legislator from the constituency and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Adhikari, this time, is contesting simultaneously from his native constituency of Nandigram in East Midnapore district, where he is a two-time legislator, first for Trinamool Congress from 2016 to 2021 and then for the BJP from 2021 to date.