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In the most anticipated showdown of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faces a fierce challenge from her former ally turned rival, Suvendu Adhikari, in her home bastion of Bhabanipur. While the TMC holds a psychological edge following the defection of the lone BJP councilor from Ward 73, Adhikari is banking on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive, which saw over 44,000 names deleted or flagged for discrepancy. With the BJP having narrowed the TMC’s lead to just 8,297 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the saffron camp is eyeing a historic upset. However, Banerjee—the “girl next door” who won by over 58,000 votes in 2021—has launched an intimate, three-pronged campaign to reaffirm her bond with the constituency’s diverse Hindu, Sikh, and Gujarati communities before the crucial April 29 vote

Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Nusrat Jahan is expected to depose before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its CGO Complex office in Salt Lake, Kolkata.

In a surprise move, the government is reportedly set to appoint former railway minister and veteran politician Dinesh Trivedi as high commissioner to Bangladesh.

Amid the ongoing campaign for the 2026 West Bengal 

Legislative Assembly election, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the BJP would ban the beef trade in West Bengal if it comes to power in the state. He also accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “misleading people” regarding food habits.

Olympic tennis legend Leander Paes on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the West Bengal government, raising concerns over rising migration of youth from the state, even as the political tussle between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) intensified over alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth ₹159.51 crore in connection with the ongoing investigation into illegal coal mining and pilferage in West Bengal, marking a significant escalation in the multi-crore money laundering case.

Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched the ‘Matri Shakti Bharosa Card’, a key welfare promise aimed at women voters in the state. The initiative was unveiled in Kolkata on April 15, 2026, by senior BJP leader Smriti Irani as part of the party’s broader election campaign.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday outlined the party’s five guarantees for West Bengal ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Vinesh Chandel, co-founder and director of political consultancy firm I-PAC, in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the alleged West Bengal coal scam. The arrest comes just days ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, triggering political reactions.

The INDIA bloc has signaled a major recalibration of its political strategy, announcing that a formal, unified stance on the contentious issues of national delimitation and the caste census will be unveiled after April 15. The decision comes amidst a heated legislative environment as the government moves to fast-track the Women’s Reservation Act by delinking it from the ongoing 2026-27 Census.