BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is all set to face West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the upcoming Assembly Elections, said she will lose the election by over 50,000 votes.

“I thank the national party leadership for the responsibility given to me. I will work to make lotus bloom in Nandigram and across West Bengal. She (Mamata Banerjee) is going to lose this election (in Nandigram) by over 50,000 votes,” he said during a rally in Muchipara, West Bengal, on Saturday, ANI reported. 

“Nandigram (election) is not a challenge for me. I am going to Nandigram to defeat her (Mamata Banerjee) and send her back to Kolkata,” he added. 

On Saturday, BJP released the list of 57 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls and announced that Adhikari will be contesting from Nandigram. 

When asked if he will be the CM candidate for BJP, Suvendu Adhikari said, “Decisions in BJP are not made individually. I am a disciplined and sincere soldier of the party. We all are working as a team. I don’t want to answer hypothetical questions,” ANI reported.