'Usual BJP formula: Cong slams arrest of Nandigram candidate, Mamata questions timing

NEW DELHI: The Congress and TMC on Friday mounted a joint attack on the ruling BJP following the arrest of Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for the upcoming Nandigram bypoll in West Bengal.Both parties pointed to two key factors surrounding Pradhan’s arrest: that it stemmed from an old case, and that it occurred just hours after Mamata Banerjee announced her TMC faction’s support for the Congress in the October 6 byelection.Mamata Banerjee slammed the arrest as the BJP's "usual formula," questioning the sudden revival of an old case right after she pledged support to the Congress."The timing raises serious questions and is the usual BJP formula: dig out an old case. But why now? Just after we announced support to the Congress! The BJP’s politics of vendetta and atrocities show a clear pattern.