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.
During a recent rally speech, Mamata Banerjee purportedly claimed that Mahatma Gandhi returned his knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British.
The BJP is trying to stop the opposition leaders, who have come to campaign for Trinamul Congress candidates, alleged Mamata Banerjee.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen eating jhal muri (spicy puffed rice), a popular street food of the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the act, alleging that the entire episode was staged.
Mamata Banerjee on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of “misleading the nation” in his recent address while strongly defending her party’s record on women’s political representation amid the escalating controversy over women’s reservation and delimitation.
Addressing a public meeting in Dum Dum, Banerjee said, “We will support the Women’s Reservation Bill. But do not try to bring anything else along with it. We will not allow that.”
