New Delhi, April 23 -- Adhir Chowdhury, a name connected to West Bengal politics for more than three decades, is contesting the Assembly elections from the Baharampur constituency, a place widely known as his electoral 'fort'.

Chowdhury, one of the tallest Congress leaders in West Bengal's history, started his journey in electoral politics exactly 30 years ago, in the 1996 West Bengal Assembly elections, where he contested from Nabagram in Murshidabad and won with an impressive 55.84% votes.

At the turn of the century, before Chowdhury could complete his term, the Congress decided to field him from Baharampur in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections. He again emerged victorious, this time with 46.86% votes and began a stellar electoral journey t...