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.
A few days ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced that she would appeal to the Supreme Court, if necessary, regarding the SIR case. Speculation was rife in Delhi that Mamata Banerjee might approach the apex court in this regard.
Speaking on the infiltration issue, Banerjee questioned the role of central agencies in guarding the border.
On Tuesday, sources from the Supreme Court revealed that the chief minister would personally appear in court on Wednesday, accompanied by her Z-category security.
The West Bengal chief minister sounds poll bugle, saying her party, the Trinamool Congress, will go it alone in the upcoming assembly elections and "will win with even a larger margin".
A student of Duttapulia Union Academy for Girls in Nadia district, who had been left without an admit card despite being registered, has finally been allowed to appear for the examination following direct intervention by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
