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.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted in the poll-bound state was intended to help the BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections.
On International Women's Day, women Trinamool Congress leaders and workers staged a protest against the hike in cooking gas prices by sporting black sarees.
The District Legal Services Authority has announced the postponement of the First National Lok Adalat, originally scheduled for 14 March, owing to the ongoing engagement of judicial officers in Special Intensive Review (SIR) work.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday congratulated 11 candidates from West Bengal who figured in the final merit list of the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination 2025, noting with pride that nearly half of the successful candidates from the state are women.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee hit back at the BJP, saying the saffron party was using President Murmu to malign the state.