India, Sept. 22 -- East Midnapore district's Nandigram - where West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee unsuccessfully contested against her protege-turned-bete noire Suvendu Adhikari in 2021 - is in the crosshairs of Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the run-up to the 2026 assembly polls.

"Of Bengal's 294 seats, Nandigram emerged as head turner because the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) somehow managed to secure 1956 votes more than Didi (Banerjee). Our 70-year-old leader never lost an election. TMC secured 213 seats in the 2021 polls and secured some more in subsequent bypolls but Nandigram continues to cast a shadow on our victory," a senior TMC state leader, requesting anonymity, said.

"Our national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is ...