Congress candidate Milan Pradhan was arrested ahead of the October 6 Nandigram bypoll in West Bengal. The action came hours after Mamata Banerjee announced support for Pradhan following her faction’s candidate's withdrawal from the contest

Speaking to reporters, the Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader accused the Election Commission of functioning under political pressure and alleged that it had acted in favour of the ruling NDA government at the Centre.