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Diamond Harbour, 2029: Bengal's chief minister dares Abhishek Banerjee to fight him there
Six months after West Bengal voted, the argument between Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee still sets the state's political weather. Adhikari has dared Banerjee to contest Diamond Harbour against him in 2029, promising a bigger margin than Banerjee's 2024 win.
Adhikari says 275 MLAs would back him in a floor test. Sixty-four of them, he says, are TMC's
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claimed on Wednesday that the BJP would muster the support of 275 MLAs in the 294-member Assembly if a floor test were held, saying 64 legislators elected on Trinamool Congress tickets were ready to vote with him. The BJP has 209 MLAs; the Opposition called the claim proof of defection engineering.