West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has announced that he will retain the Bhabanipur Assembly seat and give up representation from the Nandigram constituency.
Adhikari told reporters that he cannot take oath as an MLA from two Assembly Constituencies, and has therefore decided to leave the Nandigram Assembly Constituency.
He assured the people of Nandigram that he will fulfill all development-related promises made to them, and will not let them feel his absence during the next five years.
Adhikari won both the Bhabanipur and Nandigram seats in the recently concluded Assembly elections in West Bengal, but took oath in the state Assembly on Wednesday as an MLA from Bhabanipur.
He defeated Trinamool Congress chief and former CM Mamata Banerjee by a margin of 15,105 votes in Bhabanipur, and defended his own seat Nandigram by a margin of 9,665 votes against TMC's Pabitra Kar.
