TMC’s oppression surpassed those of British: Suvendu at Bankura’s Hul festival
"It's shocking that in 2025-26, the previous government allocated a meagre Rs 6 crore for the entire 75 blocks of Junglemahal districts," Suvendu Adhikari said.
"It's shocking that in 2025-26, the previous government allocated a meagre Rs 6 crore for the entire 75 blocks of Junglemahal districts," Suvendu Adhikari said.
The remarks came as the Assembly passed the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026.
In 2022, TMC delegates voted to make Mamata Banerjee chairperson for life. The rebel faction replaced her with Arup Roy on June 22 without convening a single conference. Four police complaints followed within a day.
The TMC is fighting a civil war. Fifty-eight MLAs on one side, Mamata Banerjee on the other. Now one of her loyalists says the BJP government is picking winners through selective arrests. The Taratala case is the latest flashpoint.
The political developments gathered pace on Monday when senior leaders, including Firhad Hakim and Aroop Biswas, were seen in the special session of the rival faction at a five star hotel in the eastern fringes of the city.
Mamata Banerjee has moved the Election Commission with the official list of TMC office bearers after a rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee named Arup Roy as the party's new chairperson, intensifying the battle for control of the Trinamool Congress.
The Trinamool Congress has issued show-cause notices to senior leaders including Firhad Hakim and Aroop Biswas after a rival faction unveiled a parallel leadership structure and claimed legitimacy over the party organisation.
A rebel faction within the Trinamool Congress has elected Arup Roy as chairperson and unveiled a new leadership team, escalating the party's internal power struggle and dispute over organisational control.
MLA Arup Roy has been elected as the new chairperson of the "real" TMC.
After the meeting, Abhishek Banerjee said that the rebel MPs, who have claimed to join the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), should be disqualified from the membership of the House.
