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.
The CID has been visiting several residences of TMC leaders in recent days, including the party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's Kalighat flat, as well as Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has accused Mamata Banerjee of encouraging roadside encroachments after she joined a protest against alleged hawker evictions in Kolkata.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla invited Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee to appear before him on June 19 to present the official party's position on the ongoing dispute over a claimed split in the Mamata Banerjee-led party, according to a communication from the Lok Sabha Secretariat, sources said Wednesday.
The demonstration at Esplanade, the first after the party was hit by the massive political storm, saw a large number of supporters and hawkers joining the march.
The party second-in command has been questioned for a marathon 31 hours over the last four days by the CID as well as the Enforcement Directorate.
