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Nandigram Congress candidate campaigns after bail
Hindustan Times··30 Sept
Congress Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan began campaigning on Wednesday hours after his release from a Haldia correctional home. The Calcutta High Court granted him interim bail till October 20. He was arrested on September 18 in 2007 murder cases. The Election Commission set the Nandigram bypoll for October 6, with results on October 9.
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What It Means For You
- Campaigning in Nandigram ends on October 4 ahead of the October 6 vote.
- Pradhan alleged police pressured him to withdraw his nomination after detention.
- West Bengal moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the interim bail order.
What's Happening
- Four cases were registered at Nandigram police station and two in Khejuri.
- Mamata Banerjee's TMC faction backed Pradhan after Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew.
- The seat fell vacant after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari retained Bhabanipur.
Why Nandigram is voting again
- Adhikari won both Nandigram and Bhabanipur in the May assembly polls.
- State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar received Pradhan outside the jail.
- Lower courts had sent Pradhan to judicial custody till October 7 before the high court bail.
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