Bengal police arrest Rejinagar bypoll candidate days after Nandigram candidate Milan Pradhan’s arrest
The two bypolls slated for October 6 were necessitated after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari vacated Nandigram, while Rejinagar fell vacant after Humayun Kabir retained Nawda upon winning both seats in the 2026 assembly election
The Hindu reports that an Independent candidate for the Rejinagar assembly bypoll in West Bengal, Saiful Islam, was arrested on September 19 in a five-year-old case of a clash between two groups during the 2021 state elections. This arrest occurred a day after the Congress nominee for the Nandigram assembly bypoll, Milan Pradhan, was apprehended in an almost two-decades-old case registered during agitation against land acquisition in the region.
Both bypolls are scheduled for October 6, with the vacating of Nandigram and Rejinagar seats after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's relocation and Kabir's retention of the Nawda seat.
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