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The West Bengal government has reduced the security cover of several leaders of the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) following a review of VIP security arrangements across the state. The decision has generated significant political discussion, with both ruling party leaders and opposition groups reacting strongly to the development.

In a major blow to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), former West Bengal minister and three-time MLA Giasuddin Molla has registered a police complaint against the party’s second-in-command, Abhishek Banerjee. The complaint, which alleges threats and systemic intimidation, underscores deep-seated fractures within the party following a high-stakes West Bengal Assembly election.

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that ‘anti-Bengal forces’ tried to prevent him from reaching Tarapith in Birbhum district to address a public meeting. However, he managed to reach the venue in a helicopter belonging to Jharkhand Chief Minister (CM) Hemant Soren.

In a political converging point that happens rarely, both the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have received the recent Supreme Court order on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with open arms, terming it as a “victory of the rural poor” and a “reminder of the government’s responsibility to its people.