The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, 2026, refused to pass an interim stay on West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to recognize rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP).

Taking everyone by surprise, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata on Wednesday. She led a peaceful protest march in Dharmatala to fight for roadside hawkers who are losing their shops to new government drives.

Former West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Udayan Guha was arrested on Thursday in connection with a cheating case dating back to 2016. The arrest has generated significant political attention across the state, with leaders from both the ruling and opposition camps reacting strongly to the development.

The political crisis engulfing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) reached a high-voltage flashpoint on Monday, June 15, 2026, when the Lok Sabha Speaker’s office slapped TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee with a thin, two-hour ultimatum to appear in New Delhi—at the exact moment he was locked inside an 11-hour interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata. The dramatic standoff unfolds as the Mamata Banerjee-led party battles a massive parliamentary rebellion, with 20 out of its 28 sitting Lok Sabha MPs—led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar—petitioning Speaker Om Birla to recognize their formal merger with the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), effectively tilting their allegiance to the BJP-led NDA. While Banerjee was isolated from his communication devices at the ED’s Salt Lake CGO complex in connection with a 2023 primary teacher recruitment scam, an urgent email dispatch from New Delhi at 2:00 PM demanded his presence at Parliament by 4:00 PM. Sounding the alarm, fellow lawmaker Kirti Azad physically intercepted the Speaker’s secretariat, clarifying that the Diamond Harbour MP was legally detained by federal investigators and could not fly out. Emerging from the marathon grilling near midnight—which followed an 8-hour state CID interrogation the previous day—a defiant Banerjee struck an uncompromising tone to reporters, declaring that even if his opponents “slit his throat,” he would not cower down to coordinated central pressure.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari visited North Bengal and the Darjeeling Hills on Tuesday, marking his first official visit to the region since assuming office.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out extensive, simultaneous search operations at multiple properties linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra.