India, April 17 -- Suvendu Adhikari is a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Born on December 15, 1970, in Purba Medinipur, he is the son of Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari and Smt Gayatri Adhikari. He rose to national prominence in 2021 when he defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her bid for the Nandigram seat by a narrow margin, a victory that permanently altered the state's political narrative.

In the ongoing 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Adhikari is contesting from two seats: his traditional stronghold of Nandigram and Mamata Banerjee's urban bastion of Bhabanipur. Once a close lieutenant and key strategist for Banerjee during t...