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Rejinagar By-Election: How Mamata-Kalyan Convinced Rabiul to Contest, He Reveals All
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News18•21-09-2026, 06:16
Rejinagar By-Election: How Mamata-Kalyan Convinced Rabiul to Contest, He Reveals All
- •Rabiul Alam Chowdhury initially announced his withdrawal from the Rejinagar by-election.
- •Doubts arose within the Trinamool leadership about contesting in Rejinagar after the Nandigram withdrawal.
- •Rabiul revealed that he agreed to contest after personal calls and requests from Mamata Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee.
- •Workers were hesitant about the new party symbol and the challenges of fighting against administrative pressure and BJP.
- •Rabiul's statements indicate that Trinamool's fight in Rejinagar is primarily to save face.
Key Questions Answered
Rabiul Alam Chowdhury initially decided to withdraw because he felt it would be difficult to contest with a new symbol under pressure from the administration and the BJP, fearing poor results would break the workers' morale.
Mamata Banerjee and MP Kalyan Banerjee convinced Rabiul to reverse his decision, with Mamata calling him directly at night and the next day to urge him to fight, emphasizing that it was the first election with the party's new symbol.
Doubts arose after Mamata Trinamool candidate Sanchita Pradhan withdrew her nomination from the Nandigram by-election, followed by Rabiul's own initial Saturday announcement that he was withdrawing from the electoral contest.
