Politics
In a defiant stand following the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) significant setback in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has categorically rejected calls for her resignation. Addressing a packed press conference at her Kalighat residence on Tuesday, a resilient Banerjee declared that she would not step down, claiming a “moral victory” despite the electoral numbers favoring the BJP.
Mamata Banerjee has stunned the political world by refusing to resign after the 2026 Bengal elections. Despite the BJP winning a two-thirds majority and Banerjee losing her own seat, she has alleged massive EVM tampering and a conspiracy by the Election Commission, vowing to fight on from a national stage.
The political map of India was redrawn on May 4, 2026, as Assembly election results across five regions delivered a series of historic upsets. In West Bengal, the BJP scripted a monumental victory, securing 207 seats to unseat Mamata Banerjee, who lost her own seat in Bhabanipur. Tamil Nadu witnessed a “cinema-to-citizens” earthquake as actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single-largest party with 108 seats, defeating incumbent CM M.K. Stalin in his stronghold of Kolathur. Meanwhile, Kerala stayed true to its “pendulum” tradition as the Congress-led UDF swept to power with 102 seats, ending a decade of Left rule. In Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma secured a record third term for the NDA with a three-fourths majority, winning 102 of 126 seats.
In a dramatic development, the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on April 8, 2026, cancelled the Ponda Assembly by-election just hours before voting was scheduled to begin. The decision has sparked political controversy and raised questions about the timing of the Election Commission’s notification.
The political battle in Assam has taken a dramatic turn just days before voting. After Congress leader Pawan Khera accused the Chief Minister’s wife of holding multiple foreign passports, the Assam Police responded with a raid on his Delhi residence. With “incriminating evidence” reportedly found and Khera currently in Hyderabad, the exchange of words between the BJP and Congress has reached a fever pitch, turning a passport row into a defining moment of the 2026 election campaign.
Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar, is set to transition into national politics as he prepares to take his oath as a Rajya Sabha MP in New Delhi on April 10, 2026.
Promising, among others, free education for women up to post-graduation level and filling all vacant government posts with yours within one year.
In a major legal turn, the Chhattisgarh High Court on April 2, 2026, sentenced Amit Jogi—son of the state’s first Chief Minister—to life imprisonment for the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi. Overturning a 2007 acquittal, the court identified Jogi as the “mastermind” behind the conspiracy to eliminate his political rival. While the victim’s family hailed the verdict as a long-awaited triumph for truth, Jogi has already appealed to the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear the matter on April 20, 2026.
In a dramatic escalation of political hostilities ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged a “Pakistan-linked” conspiracy behind recent corruption charges leveled against his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma.
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