Bibhash Lodh, BS News Agency: Mamata Banerjee should contest the elections from Nandigram. Such a call has been made in the last few days. There has been speculation that Akhil Giri will be the candidate. However, amidst all this, Kalighat Trinamool has surprised everyone by making the anonymous Sanchita a candidate under the guise of Shuvendu. Sanchita Pradhan (De), a primary school teacher in Uttar Boyal, has done student politics. She has been associated with the Trinamool Congress since 2008. She has contested the panchayat elections. She has seen good times for Trinamool, and has again become a candidate in the division phase. Does that make her feel proud? Or excited? These days, while responding to Dot In, she is saying, 'Why are the workers proud again? If they do it thinking that it is a difficult time, then what kind of worker are they?' Are they thinking about winning at all? Have they thought about the outline of the vote? Have you spoken to Mamata Banerjee? Before the night got deeper in Nandigram, the Kalighat Trinamool candidate gave a quick answer. If the situation was the same as before, would his name have been considered as a candidate at all? Or was he put forward because the times were tough. What was Sanchita Pradhan's initial reaction on hearing her name as a candidate?
She says, 'The initial reaction is nothing like that. I have been a candidate for this party in the Tristar Panchayat for the past few years. It is not a time of joy, excitement, this is actually a fight in difficult times. The fight is a fight.'
For the past few days, there has been speculation about the name of the candidate. The Ritabrata Shibir had said that if Mamata Banerjee is the candidate, they will not field a candidate. When did Sanchita herself know? Was she mentally prepared?
She says, 'I found out today.'
Before announcing her name as a candidate, did she talk to the party high command? With Mamata Banerjee?
Sanchita says, 'No, we only talked at the district level.'
Shuvendu is the candidate, she herself also found out today. How will you arrange the route map in this short time? How will you campaign for the votes?
Sanchita is relying on the blue print drawn by the party. She says, 'It's already night, from tomorrow, the work will be done as the party says.'
