Despite being way ahead of the opposition parties in most parts of West Bengal as per the counting trends for the panchayat polls on Tuesday, the ruling Trinamul Congress received a major jolt at Nandigram in East Midnapore district, which is considered a stronghold of Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of opposition in the state Assembly.
Adhikari is also the BJP MLA from Nandigram, where he defeated chief minister Mamata Banerje by a margin of 1,956 votes in the 2021 Assembly elections.
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