Nandigram, April 11 -- The Nandigram assembly constituency, located in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, is once again set to witness a high-stakes battle in the 2026 elections.

Nandigram has a deep historical context in the emergence of Trinamool Congress, right from the bottom to the top of West Bengal politics. The Nandigram movement in 2007, which was led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, proved to be the last nail in the coffin for long-standing Left rule in West Bengal.

Suvendu Adhikari, the current BJP MLA from Nandigram and often known to be among the loyalists to Mamata Banerjee, was one of the main architects of the Nandigram movement, which led to TMC's rise to power in West Bengal.

The conflict, which sp...