{
  "id": 4667944,
  "title": "'Chief Minister For Everyone': Suvendu Adhikari Announces Development Projects In Nandigram",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/chief-minister-for-everyone-suvendu-adhikari-announces-development",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T15:17:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/chief-minister-for-everyone-suvendu-adhikari-announces-development-projects-in-nandigram"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kolkata: On August 31, 2026, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced several development projects in the Nandigram region. The projects encompassed various sectors such as health, infrastructure, connectivity, and welfare schemes. Adhikari specifically mentioned minority-dominated villages like Mohammadpur, Shamsabad, and Kendamari during the announcement. Despite not securing a single vote from the minority areas, Adhikari emphasized his commitment to serve everyone as the Chief Minister. The initiatives include government bus services, housing, healthcare, education, agriculture, and social security. Adhikari assured that in Nandigram block 1 and 2, approximately 30,000 migrant workers would be able to avail free medical treatment of up to Rs five lakh across the country. The West Bengal Chief Minister also criticized former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly playing 'vendetta politics' after her defeat in the Nandigram constituency during the 2021 Assembly elections. Adhikari highlighted that 67,000 women were provided with financial assistance under the 'Annapurna Yojana' in the month of August. Furthermore, he recalled securing the death certificates of seven martyrs affected during the land agitation in Nandigram, which occurred during the tenure of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government. Adhikari appealed for a higher margin of votes in the Nandigram Assembly seat bypoll, stating that he wanted more votes than the Falta bypoll in the region.",
  "summary": "Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced several developmental projects in Nandigram. Inaugurating several projects on health, infrastructure, and connectivity and specifically mentioning minority-dominated villages such as Mohammadpur, Shamsabad and Kendamari, Adhikari made it clear that he is aware that he didn’t get a single vote from the minority areas. Today, Hon’ble…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}