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.
Nandini Mukherjee Paul's comments come after TMC's defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections in the state that have led to internal conflicts within the party.
Launched a scathing attack on the TMC, Dilip Ghosh has accused the Mamata Banerjee-led party of institutionalising corruption, extortion and political violence across West Bengal.
Addressing her supporters at the protest venue using a megaphone, she said, "I will fight or die."
The TMC's decision came after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced at the state secretariat Nabanna that it was Ritabrata and Sandipan who earlier submitted a written complaint to the Speaker regarding the Assembly signature forgery case.
Coming amid attacks on senior leaders Abhishek Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee, the no-show by nearly three-fourths of TMC MLAs has intensified questions about internal cohesion and simmering discontent within the party ranks.
