Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress changes a Nandigram candidate after a surprise announcement. Her faction names Sanchita Pradhan Dey on Sunday, and then she withdraws from the contest on Friday.
The sequence includes meetings and political coordination ahead of the final decision. One report says Banerjee met Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday, followed by the subsequent withdrawal. Another outlet reports the same day-by-day timeline and frames it as a “Congress” style surprise within Banerjee’s party, referencing how the switch differs from expectations.
Across the coverage, the focus remains on the rapid shift in candidacy and the short window between the announcement of the name and the withdrawal. The accounts do not provide additional specifics about the reasons beyond the timing and the political context of Banerjee’s engagement with the state leadership.
