Congress candidate Milan Pradhan is arrested in connection with the Nandigram bypoll, according to multiple reports. The arrest takes place about an hour after Mamata Banerjee announces that her party’s faction will support the Congress candidate following the withdrawal of her own candidate’s nomination.
Reports describe Mamata Banerjee making the pledge at a press conference at her Kalighat residence, after which the Congress candidate is taken into custody shortly thereafter. The outlets align on the sequence of events—Banerjee’s support announcement, the earlier nomination withdrawal, and Pradhan’s arrest—while focusing on different framing around timing and the public announcement location. One outlet explicitly notes the arrest occurs about an hour after the announcement, while another emphasizes the press conference setting. None of the provided accounts include further details on charges or the arrest circumstances beyond the fact of detention.
Overall, the story centres on the Nandigram bypoll dispute and the immediate political fallout from Banerjee’s decision to back the Congress candidate after her party’s candidate withdraws her nomination.
