Nandigram shocker: Mamata Banerjee camp nominee quits after meeting Bengal CM

Midnapore, Sep 18 (UNI) The Nandigram bypoll was plunged into fresh turmoil on Friday after Sanchita Pradhan Dey, the candidate of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool faction, withdrew her nomination hours after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna. The abrupt withdrawal, a day before the deadline for withdrawing nominations, leaves the Mamata faction without a candidate in the October 6 Nandigram contest and has triggered fresh questions over the rapidly changing political equations in the constituency. Pradhan Dey, a teacher, met Adhikari at the state secretariat on Friday afternoon, accompanied by her husband Satyajit, sources said. She subsequently…