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.
He said he was given a ministerial post but no real responsibilities, calling his role in the sports department meaningless and controlled. Tiwary also alleged his proposals were blocked.
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday denied claims made by Trinamul Congress (TMC) chairperson and outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that the vote count process in the Bhawanipore constituency was "unfair" and her party had been defeated because of the machinations of the ECI.
Samik Bhattacharya highlighted that May 9 coincides with the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore according to the Bengali calendar.
The electoral defeat of outgoing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee marks more than the fall of a three-term incumbent.
The BJP has registered a historic win in the 2026 Assembly elections in Wednesday, marking an end to Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government's 15-year rule.
