Kolkata. After party candidate Sanchita Dey Pradhan withdrew her candidature on Friday ahead of the by-election on the high-profile Nandigram seat of West Bengal, former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now announced her support to the Congress on that seat. Addressing a press conference in the evening at her Kalighat residence, Mamata said that her faction will support Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in Nandigram and will now not field any candidate from this seat.
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Mamta told that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had called her on Thursday. Mamta expressed full solidarity towards the opposition INDIA Alliance and said that everyone will fight together. He also mentioned Arvind Kejriwal's tweet and said that everyone will fight together.
Today is a dark day in our democratic history: Mamata Banerjee
Former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that we do not disrespect the constitutional post, but we feel that today is a dark day in our democratic history. What is happening in our country is very unfortunate, unconstitutional, illegal, undemocratic and a completely partisan vendetta carried out to satisfy the ego of a political party. He had already said that 'I will let the name be kept, I will not let even the mark remain. who are these people? Today they are in power, tomorrow they may not be there. They should understand their limits.
Mamata Banerjee's group supported Congress candidate in Nandigram by-election
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Regarding withdrawal of nomination of Sanchita De Pradhan, Mamata Banerjee said that today is a dark day for democracy. BJP is killing the Constitution. SIR was done to defeat BJP. Mamata Banerjee's faction supported the Congress candidate in the Nandigram by-election.