{"id":"e6317e8b-f612-4be2-a2d0-62af45a3143e","url":"https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/west-bengal-mamatas-rejinagar-bypoll-candidate-announces-withdrawal-from-contest-retracts-later/articleshow/134350802.cms","domain":"economictimes.indiatimes.com","outlet":{"name":"The Economic Times","country":"IN","cred":3,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"The Times Group"},"title":"Mamata's Rejinagar pick quits poll, then takes U-turn","plainHeadline":"Rabiul Alam Chowdhury withdraws then re-enters Rejinagar bypoll","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Rabiul Alam Chowdhury initially withdrew from the Rejinagar by-election.","He later reversed his decision and said he would contest on Oct 6.","The flip came after assurances of police security and party direction from Mamata Banerjee.","The Election Commission allotted the footballer symbol to Mamata’s faction in a feud.","Sanchita Pradhan Dey of the Nandigram seat withdrew a day earlier, affecting bypoll dynamics."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T08:46:54.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-19T09:40:33.409Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/b71d97d6-60fc-4c7f-8151-bab4b06bad57","storyId":"b71d97d6-60fc-4c7f-8151-bab4b06bad57","image":"https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-134350859,width-1200,height-630,imgsize-50368,overlay-economictimes/articleshow.jpg","author":null,"dek":null}