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.
At a Birbhum rally, Mamata Banerjee accused BJP of voter list manipulation, raised concerns over Amartya Sen’s land issue, and criticised the party’s actions during Ram Navami.
Vehicles were torched and stones pelted by angry locals after a sand-laden truck ran over a youth in Raniganj.
TMC supremo alleged that BJP workers were submitting large numbers of Form 6 applications, used for new voter registration, to allegedly include “outsiders” in the state’s electoral rolls.
With the campaign gathering pace for the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Trinamul Congress has fallen back on its tried-and-tested animated series "Fighter Didi" in a bid to woo the youth, particularly Gen Z.
The BJP on Monday approached the Election Commission, accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of “intimidating” electors to dissuade them from voting for the saffron party in the upcoming Assembly polls.
