Milan Pradhan, a candidate for the Congress party, was arrested in West Bengal related to a long-standing murder case. This development occurred just hours after former chief minister Mamata Banerjee declared her faction’s support for Pradhan’s candidacy in the upcoming Nandigram Assembly bypoll scheduled for October 6.
The arrest came after Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference at her Kalighat residence on Friday that her faction would support the Congress candidate in Nandigram.
The arrest came after Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference at her Kalighat residence on Friday that her faction would support the Congress candidate in Nandigram. Her announcement followed the withdrawal of Sanchita Pradhan Dey, who had been fielded by her faction, after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. “Let the message (for strengthening INDIA bloc) begin from Bengal. The latest political developments in Nandigram unfolded alongside a dispute over the identity of the Trinamool Congress.
The Election Commission on Friday froze the use of the name ‘All India Trinamool Congress’ and the party’s traditional ‘flowers and grass’ symbol for the October 6 bypolls.
The former Bengal chief minister described the Congress as a “sister party” and said the decision was intended to strengthen the INDIA bloc. “My faction had earlier decided to support Congress in Nandigram, and it is the beginning of a future,” she said. Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said Banerjee was free to make the announcement but stressed that the Congress had not requested her support.
