{"id":25917,"date":"2026-09-18T16:28:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25917"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:28:03","slug":"usual-bjp-formula-congress-slams-arrest-of-nandigram-candidate-in-old-case-mamata-questions-timing-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25917","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Usual BJP formula&#8217;: Congress slams arrest of Nandigram candidate in old case, Mamata questions timing | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134339383,imgsize-52004,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/milan-pradhan.jpg\" alt=\"'Usual BJP formula': Congress slams arrest of Nandigram candidate in old case, Mamata questions timing\" title=\"Milan Pradhan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Congress and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tmc\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMC<\/a> on Friday mounted a joint attack on the ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJP<\/a> following the arrest of Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for the upcoming Nandigram bypoll in West Bengal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Both parties pointed to two key factors surrounding Pradhan\u2019s arrest: that it stemmed from an old case, and that it occurred just hours after Mamata Banerjee announced her TMC faction\u2019s support for the Congress in the October 6 byelection.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Mamata Banerjee slammed the arrest as the BJP&#8217;s &#8220;usual formula,&#8221; questioning the sudden revival of an old case right after she pledged support to the Congress.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>&#8220;The timing raises serious questions and is the usual BJP formula: dig out an old case. <!-- -->But why now? Just after we announced support to the Congress! The BJP\u2019s politics of vendetta and atrocities show a clear pattern. With manipulation, with vote loot, with intimidation the Election Agency-BJP partnership is killing democracy every day,&#8221; the former West Bengal chief minister wrote on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mamata Banerjee X post\" msid=\"134339406\" imgsize=\"93391\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"Mamata Banerjee X post\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-93391,msid-134339406\/mamata-banerjee-x-post.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mamata Banerjee X post<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Congress general secretary KC Venugopal asserted that the party would not be cowed by such &#8220;petty intimidation tactics.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>&#8220;Using a dormant 19-year old case from 2007 to arrest our candidate &#8211; minutes after Mamata Banerjee ji extended support &#8211; is a sign that BJP will go to any lengths to hijack democracy. We are the party that fought the oppressive British rule and drove them away, these petty intimidation tactics by their cheap copycats are not going to scare us,&#8221; Venugopal said.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Venugopal X post\" msid=\"134339416\" imgsize=\"105283\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"Venugopal X post\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-105283,msid-134339416\/venugopal-x-post.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Venugopal X post<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Mamata Banerjee extended her support to the Congress after her faction&#8217;s candidate, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, unexpectedly withdrew her nomination following a meeting with West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari earlier in the day, just a day ahead of the Saturday withdrawal deadline.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The Nandigram bypoll was necessitated after Adhikari vacated the seat to retain Bhowanipore, where he had defeated Banerjee in her traditional bastion. tHE BJP has fielded Hasirani Rath, whose son Chandranath Rath\u2014a close aide to Adhikari\u2014was shot dead in May.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Votes will be counted on October 9.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/usual-bjp-formula-congress-slams-arrest-of-nandigram-candidate-in-old-case-mamata-questions-timing\/articleshow\/134339142.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Congress and TMC on Friday mounted a joint attack on the 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