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.
According to local sources, a group of BJP workers and supporters, many of them riding motorcycles, assembled near Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat soon after the oath-taking ceremony concluded.
Mamata Banerjee paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on Pochishe Boishakh as Suvendu Adhikari took oath as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister since Independence.
Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee from TMC's stronghold, Bhabanipur, by a margin of over 15,000 votes.
Donald Trump hailed Narendra Modi after the BJP’s breakthrough win in West Bengal, a result that dramatically reshaped the state’s political landscape and ended TMC’s long rule.
Panoli has claimed that her arrest in connection with an Operation Sindoor-related post was politically motivated and selectively framed as a hate case. She alleges the action reflects misuse of power.
