Archive · 19 Sep 2026
RaGa Calls Nandigram Bypoll Candidate’s Arrest Political Revenge
A candidate from the Congress party is running in a Nandigram by-election.
He filed his nomination papers without trouble.
He also took an oath in front of the election officer.
Later, he was arrested.
Chowdhury said this timing was unfair and politically motivated.
He claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party was worried because other parties supported the candidate.
Chowdhury said the arrest was meant to stop the candidate from doing well.
The report does not include the Bharatiya Janata Party’s response.
A Congress candidate in the Nandigram bypoll was arrested after filing his nomination.
Chowdhury said the candidate was not arrested when he filed his papers.
The candidate also took an oath before the returning officer, identified as the district collector.
Chowdhury claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party acted out of fear and desperation.
He alleged the arrest was intended to weaken the candidate’s prospects after other parties offered support.
- Who
- A Congress candidate, Chowdhury, RaGa, and the Bharatiya Janata Party are mentioned.
- What
- A Congress candidate was arrested after filing his nomination for the Nandigram bypoll.
- Where
- Nandigram.
- Why
- Chowdhury alleged that the arrest was political revenge intended to harm the candidate’s prospects.
- Election
- Nandigram bypoll
- Candidate
- A Congress representative whose name is not provided
- Earlier process
- The candidate filed his nomination and took an oath before the returning officer.
- Arrest timing
- Chowdhury said the candidate was arrested after those actions.
- Political support
- Other political parties were said to have supported the candidate.
- Allegation
- Chowdhury called the arrest an attempt to thwart the candidate’s prospects.