The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday (September 4, 2025) witnessed unprecedented protests during the debate on a resolution condemning ill-treatment of Bengali migrants in other parts of the country. Five legislators, including the party’s chief whip Sankar Ghosh, were suspended for disrupting proceedings of the House.
Without a single Congress legislator in West Bengal Legislative Assembly post 2021 elections hopes of the Grand Old Party making its presence felt in 2026 polls appears slim. A growing rift between the Congress and Trinamool Congress at national level will prevent the Congress of being a power to reckon with in the next year’s election in the state.
West Bengal is all set to witness the implementation of a major decision by the West Bengal Assembly to ban the entry of personal security guards of MLAs and ministers to the Assembly premises this week. The resolution is expected to maintain the sanctity of the House and is going to help in the smooth proceedings of the Assembly without unwanted disruptions, as per officials.
Once poised to sweep Trinamool Congress from its perch of ruling party in West Bengal, the state unit of BJP appears to be a pale shadow of itself. Even after Samik Bhattacharya replaced Sukanta Majumdar as state unit chief, the former. continues to be a divided house ..
A TMC MLA has been remanded to the custody of the enforcement directorate (ED) till 12th September. He was arrested earlier this week in connection with the ongoing investigation on financial allegations.
The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) on Saturday evening released the names of 1,804 “tainted” teachers from the scandal-plagued 2016 recruitment process, following Supreme Court directives aimed at preventing these candidates from participating in upcoming fresh selection tests.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to release a memoir chronicling her personal experiences with several prime ministers of India, offering rare insights from one of the country’s most seasoned political figures.
As the Election Commission announced on Saturday, the West Bengal Assembly is preparing to receive approximately 14,000 new poll booths during the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections. The meeting of the Parties is scheduled for August 29, at 3:30 p.m.
