Bengal election: BJP’s Nandigram redux in Singur Bengal election: BJP’s Nandigram redux in Singur | India Today Insight An iconic town, a TMC defector. Why the saffron party thinks it has Mamata on the backfoot advertisement Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in Singur, West Bengal, April 7 At the BJP’s mega road show through Singur on April 7, the party’s 88-year old candidate, Rabindranath Bhattacharya (fondly called Mastermoshai), who defected from Trinamool Congress (TMC) after being denied a ticket for his age, was wearing a saffron head gear, much like those grooms wear. Beside him, Amit Shah was sweating it out, mopping his pate with a white cloth frequently. The crowd milling around the vehicle, snaking through the narrow lanes of Singur, whispered that Mastermoshai, being conscious of his age, was hiding his grey head with an oversized crown.