India, Oct. 29 -- Taking an age jibe at Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that his predecessor, who had retired from politics and was ingwas resting at home, given her advancing age.

Speaking about why he had quit the Nandigram Assembly seat and instead retained Bhawanipore in Kolkata, he said he wanted to give the former Chief Minister a respite from politics, or she would once again contest from the Kolkata seat and try to enter the State Assembly.

"I told the people at Nandigram who were upset with my leaving that seat that had I left Bhawanipore, the person whom I defeated from there (read Mamata Banerjee) would have once again contested and tried to enter the S...