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.
With five critical Assembly elections due in 2026 in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, opposition parties are converging on a major concern: the SIR of electoral rolls.
State government today appointed Nandini Chakraborty as the state Chief Secretary after the term of her predecessor, Manoj Pant came to an end, today.
Assam, of course, is with the BJP with Himanta Biswa Sarma as the Chief Minister. At the same time, Puducherry has a coalition government headed by the All India N R Congress (AINRC) with Chief Minister N Rangasamy supported by the BJP.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today encouraged farmland owners to legally look for mining options on their Rayati land while speaking at a political rally here this afternoon.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed heartfelt condolences over the demise of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, whom she called a "prominent public leader."
