Politics
A group of TMC legislators loyal to Mamata Banerjee on Thursday secured a separate room and dedicated speaking time in the West Bengal Assembly after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, party leaders said.
In a major political development, the parliamentary wing of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has witnessed a significant split, with six of its nine Lok Sabha Members of Parliament reportedly breaking away from the party.
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.
13th May | West Bengal The first session of the newly elected 18th West Bengal…
Veteran BJP leader Tapas Roy has been appointed as the Pro Tem Speaker of the newly constituted West Bengal Legislative Assembly following the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. He took oath at Lok Bhavan in Kolkata on May 12, 2026, with R. N. Ravi administered the oath of office. The ceremony was attended by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, newly inducted ministers, and several newly elected MLAs.
12th May | kolkata Former West Bengal fire and emergency services minister Sujit Bose was…
12th May | West Bengal West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal was appointed…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended the “SomnathAmritMahotsav” celebrations in Gujarat, commemorating 75 years of the reconstruction of the historic Somnath Temple. Addressing devotees and dignitaries at the temple complex, Modi described Somnath as a timeless symbol of Bharat’s resilience, unity, and civilisational strength.
The appointment of Suvendu Adhikari as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 9, 2026, represents one of the most ironic and stark shifts in Indian political history. The very “Grammar of Singur-Nandigram” that birthed the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year reign has effectively collapsed, dismantled from within by the man who once served as its premier field commander. Unlike a mandate imposed by a national wave, Adhikari’s triumph is a surgical deconstruction of the TMC system—leveraging its own district networks and emotional vocabulary to replace regional autonomy with a narrative of border security and demographic anxiety. As West Bengal begins to mirror the political trajectory of Assam, Adhikari faces the Herculean task of transitioning from a combative street mobilizer to an administrator capable of nursing a fragile economy back to health, lest the state merely trade one culture of confrontation for another.
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