Nandigram Bypoll: TMC’s Mamata Camp Candidate Withdraws Nomination Day After Meeting Suvendu
Her withdrawal leaves Mamata Banerjee’s faction without a candidate after the nomination deadline and could benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party in a closely watched contest.
- On Friday, Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her nomination for the Nandigram byelection, leaving the Mamata Banerjee-led faction without a candidate for the October 6 poll.
- Pradhan Dey withdrew her candidacy shortly after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the state secretariat, Nabanna, on Friday afternoon.
- The Election Commission assigned the Mamata Banerjee-led faction a new party name and symbol, effectively ending the group's immediate claim to the Trinamool Congress' traditional identity.
- Despite the withdrawal, Nandigram remains a multi-cornered battle with candidates including Hasirani Rath for the BJP, Mohammad Eteshamul Haque for the Ritabrata Banerjee-led TMC faction, and representatives from the Communist Party of India and Congress.
- Since the nomination deadline passed on September 16, the Mamata camp cannot field a replacement candidate, providing a strategic advantage to the BJP in Nandigram, a stronghold of Adhikari.
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In another dramatic turn in the Trinamool Congress' internal battle, Mamata Banerjee camp's Nandigram bypoll candidate Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her nomination on Friday, a day before the deadline.
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