India, Sept. 9 -- The BJP is confident of winning the Assembly by-elections to two seats, Nandigram and Rejinagar, polling to which would be held on October 6, Bengal Chief Minister Adhikari, who vacated the former seat after winning from the Bhawanipore constituency in Kolkata, defeating former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the April-May State elections, said.

While Nandigram is in East Midnapore district, Rejinagar is in Murshidabad district. Both the seats are differently important considering their political status and features. Adhikari has been the sitting MLA of Nandigram, the main battleground of Mamata Banerjee's land movement that eventually catapulted her to power in 2011. In 2021, Adhikari won the seat, defeating Banerjee...