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Congress questions timing of candidate’s arrest ahead of Nandigram bypoll
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia
Pawan Khera, head of the Congress’s media department, told PTI that it was a matter of concern that the West Bengal Police had arrested the party’s nominee when the cases against him were old
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