Suvendu Adhikari to Vacate One Assembly Seat Within 10 Days, Urges Supporters to Maintain Peace

PTI, May 6, 2026, Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur and secured Nandigram for a third term in the recent Assembly polls, said on Wednesday that he would vacate one of the two constituencies within 10 days.

He also asserted that the party's central leadership would decide which constituency he would retain.

“I will vacate one seat within 10 days. The party will decide which one I retain. I will not forget my responsibility towards the people of Bhabanipur and Nandigram," he said.

Adhikari on Monday defeated Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes, puncturing what was long seen as her safest political refuge and delivering a decisive psychological blow to the TMC, amid a sweeping BJP surge across West Bengal.

Addressing party workers and supporters in Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, the BJP leader appealed to them not to take out victory processions immediately and instead maintain peace.

"Do not take out victory rallies now. Maintain peace and discipline. Celebrate after May 9, the day the new government will be formed," he told party workers.

Referring to alleged attacks on BJP workers during the TMC regime, Adhikari said he would not forget the “atrocities" faced by them.

Adhikari offered prayers at a Hanuman temple in Nandigram and paid homage to BJP workers, who had died in political violence.