India, Sept. 19 -- On Thursday evening, Mamata Banerjee's candidate for the upcoming bypoll in Nandigram in West Bengal, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari.

At 3.30pm on Friday, Dey announced she had withdrawn her nomination for the seat that goes to the polls on October 6.

At 4.30pm, Banerjee announced her support for Congress candidate Milan Pradhan.

At 6.30pm, Pradhan was arrested by the West Bengal police in a two-decade-old murder case during the 2007 anti-land acquisition protests that had catapulted both Banerjee and Adhikari into power.

In the course of around 24 tumultuous hours, Nandigram - the high-profile seat that saw a fierce battle between Adhikari and Banerjee in 2021 and which the former retaine...