It’s the season of political setbacks for Mamata Banerjee. A day after her candidate for Nandigram withdrew from the bypoll battle, her party’s candidate for Rejinagar by-election has done the same.
Both Nandigram and Rejinagar are set to vote on October 6 in the by-elections. And Mamata Banerjee has now lost candidates in both the seats.
And Mamata Banerjee has now lost candidates in both the seats. Mamata Banerjee’s party candidate Rabiul Alam Chowdhury left the battlefield on Saturday. Earlier on Friday, Nandigram candidate from Mamata Banerjee’s faction Sanchita Pradhan Dey had withdrew her nomination after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. After her own candidate backed out of the Nandigram bypoll, Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced support to the Congress nominee.
Chowdhury blamed harassment of party workers by the state administration for his decision. “At this moment, the party lacks an official symbol. Party workers are being harassed in various ways, and most of them have left the area for work. With whom am I supposed to contest the election? Given the pressure being exerted by the administration, the workers say they cannot remain in the electoral fray.
Both Nandigram and Rejinagar are set to vote on October 6 in the by-elections. But eventhat surprise move was checkmated as the Congress candidate Milan Pradhan was arrested on Fiiday evening in a 2007 murder case.
That is precisely why I have decided to withdraw my nomination,” he told mediapersons.
