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.
"No question of me resigning, we were defeated not by public mandate but by conspiracy," Banerjee said while addressing a press conference in Kolkata.
In terms of vote share, the BJP polled 46 per cent, followed by the Trinamool Congress at 41 per cent.
BJP’s big Bengal win was built on strong seat conversion, ministerial upsets and a wave of voter anger that TMC struggled to contain.
The BJP bagged 206 seats and remained ahead of the TMC, which managed 81. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost her Bhabanipur seat to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by more than 15,000 votes.
I recall that day fifteen years ago, when Trinamool came to power in the Assembly elections of 2011. The grassroots party did sweep the polls as was predicted by astute political pundits.
