Suvendu Adhikari receives ‘Guard of Honour’ at Kolaghat ahead of administrative meeting

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari received ‘Guard of Honour’ at Balaka Mancha in Kolaghat in the state’s Purba Medinipur district on Tuesday.

Visuals from the spot show Adhikari standing on a raised platform and saluting police personnel while receiving the honour from the district police.

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The Chief Minister was in Purba Medinipur to attend a district administrative meeting.

Adhikari had earlier received ‘Guard of Honour’ from the West Bengal Police at Nabanna in Kolkata on May 11.

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In a related political development which took place at the same administrative review meeting in Kolaghat, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs June Maliah and Deepak Adhikari aka Dev, shared the stage with Adhikari, hinting at the crisis brewing within the TMC ranks.

The presence of Medinipur MP June Maliah and Ghatal MP Dev at the government programme in Kolaghat intensified speculation over the political crisis engulfing the TMC.

The attendance of Maliah and Dev at the Chief Minister’s official programme is being viewed as a significant political signal, particularly because both parliamentarians are said to be among those who have moved closer to the dissident camp of the TMC in the Lok Sabha.

Keshpur MLA Seuli Saha who was also spotted at the meeting is also believed to have aligned with the rebel faction.

Political observers said that Purba Medinipur has long been a battleground between the TMC and Suvendu Adhikari’s political network in the region. The participation of two sitting TMC MPs in the meeting chaired by the Chief Minister assumes added significance.