<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/tmc-split-eci-allots-football-player-symbol-to-mamata-banerjee-faction-rival-camp-gets-envelope-23650658" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee&rsquo;s</a> support to the Congress candidate in the Nandigram Assembly bypoll is a striking reversal of decades of political rivalry, observers feel, signalling a possible recalibration of opposition politics.
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Banerjee&rsquo;s decision to back Milan Pradhan came hours after her faction&rsquo;s nominee, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, withdrew from the October 6 contest following a meeting with <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/video/from-tmc-insider-to-bjp-cm-suvendu-adhikaris-dramatic-journey-to-becoming-west-bengal-cm-1080711" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">CM Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.</a> Announcing support for Pradhan, Banerjee had described Congress as a &ldquo;sister party&rdquo; and a &ldquo;natural ally&rdquo;.
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Mamata Banerjee’s support to the Congress candidate in the Nandigram Assembly bypoll is a striking reversal of decades of political rivalry

Mamata Banerjee backs Cong candidate in Nandigram bypoll

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Announcing support for Pradhan, Banerjee had described Congress as a “sister party” and a “natural ally”

Mamata Banerjee backs Cong candidate in Nandigram Assembly bypoll

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