Nandigram Congress candidate and poll observer 'arrested' by police hours after Mamata banerjee declares support to congress candidate

Midnapore, Sep 18 (UNI) The political temperature in Nandigram soared on Friday after Congress candidate Milan Pradhan was allegedly picked up by the police, hours after former chief minister and Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee announced that her party would support his candidature in the Assembly by-election. The Congress alleged that the police action amounted to political intimidation and questioned its timing, coming on the eve of the last day for filing nominations. East Midnapore District Congress president Seikh Matin said police had picked up Pradhan, the Congress candidate, and state Congress secretary Subhashis Bhattacherjee, who was in charge of…