Kolkata, Sept. 19 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said that the "Sanatana and nationalist cause" will emerge victorious in the upcoming Nandigram Assembly bypoll, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Hasirani Rath as its candidate.

Speaking to ANI, Adhikari said, "Sanatan will triumph; the nationalist cause will triumph."

The statement comes ahead of the Nandigram bypoll, which has witnessed a significant political development after former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that she would extend support to the Congress in the constituency, calling the decision one taken in the "greater interest of the nation".

Mamata's TMC faction candidate Sanchita Pradhan (Dey) with...