Contest To Chaos: Rebels And Rivals Script Twists In Nandigram By-Poll Battle

Saturday, 19 September 2026Newsdesk

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed the candidate's arrest an act of "political revenge" and accused the BJP of trying to eliminate the electoral contest.

New Delhi 19 September 2026

As per news report of NDTV,Nandigram was shaping up as one of Bengal's most closely watched bypolls. Within hours on Friday, the contest was thrown into extraordinary uncertainty.First, Mamata Banerjee's candidate walked out of the race after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. Then, after Mamata's faction decided to back the Congress nominee Milan Pradhan, he was arrested in connection with an old 2007 murder case.

Source - NDTV