Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata on Thursday.
The Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the TMC on Monday filed a detailed response before the Election Commission of India (ECI), rejecting rival leader Ritabrata Banerjee’s claim over the party. It also asserted that the TMC’s organisational committees remained valid until 2027 as per the constitution of the party.
The battle for control of the TMC intensified on Thursday after the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel faction met the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
On June 30, 2026, twenty-three Opposition political parties and one Independent Member of Parliament sent a joint memorandum to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice Surya Kant, in New Delhi to demand judicial intervention against the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process
West Bengal has formally initiated the process of implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), with the state government constituting a high-level committee to prepare a draft of the proposed legislation. The panel will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.
For years, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) marked July 21 as ‘Shahid Diwas’ (Martyrs’ Day) with a display of political dominance that few rivals in West Bengal could match. The rally in Kolkata’s Dharmatala neighbourhood drew vast crowds, showcased defections from opposition parties and often served as a stage for Mamata Banerjee, the party’s founder, to sketch the contours of the next political battle.
Former Kolkata deputy mayor and Trinamool Congress leader Atin Ghosh, along with his daughter and son-in-law, has been booked by police in connection with an alleged property dispute involving a three-storey house and adjoining land valued at around ₹4 crore in eastern Kolkata.
Rebel MLAs of the Trinamool Congress on Monday (June 22, 2026) removed party founder and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the post of chairperson at a meeting held in Kolkata on Monday (June 22, 2026).
Former Indian cricketer and current Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Yusuf Pathan finds himself in deep legal and financial trouble over a long-running land dispute in Vadodara. The Gujarat High Court recently issued a stern warning to Pathan regarding his continued, unauthorized occupation of a public plot, while the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) initiated a public auction process for the property.
