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In a seismic shift for West Bengal’s entertainment industry, heavy-handed political control over Tollygunge’s studiopara cracked on Thursday night, June 4, 2026, as Kolkata Police arrested prominent Trinamool Congress leader Swarup Biswas. Once considered an untouchable sovereign over Tollywood’s studio floor logistics, the former president of the Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) was picked up by New Alipore police from his Sahapur Colony residence. His arrest follows an explicit FIR lodged by a 42-year-old local makeup artist who detailed a toxic corporate “syndicate raj.” The complainant alleged that after being blacklisted and denied work for two years, she was pressured by Biswas to pay cash bribes and make sexual compromises at the Suruchi Sangha club premises to secure employment. When she refused, she was met with violent death threats. Booked under rigorous provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for sexual harassment and extortion alongside the Arms Act, Biswas’s arrest sparked massive street celebrations outside the police station. Concurrently, investigators at Lalbazar are opening wider lines of inquiry connecting Swarup and his brother, former sports minister Aroop Biswas, to an alleged ₹22-lakh extortion and ticket black-marketing racket tied to Lionel Messi’s high-profile India tour event.

A major political crisis has erupted within the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) as a group of rebel MLAs openly voiced their opposition to party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, declaring that they can no longer accept his leadership.

In a major political blow to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), senior party heavyweight and close Mamata Banerjee loyalist Firhad Hakim has resigned as the Mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The veteran leader, who had held the position since November 2018, stepped down after receiving formal permission from party supremo Mamata Banerjee.

The buzz over formation of a new Trinamool Congress without Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee has surfaced in West Bengal politics. The matter surfaced after two Trinamool MLAs, Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and Sandipan Saha, were removed from the party for being the whistleblowers against the party over the signature row. 

A fresh confrontation broke out between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and West Bengal Assembly Speaker Tapas Roy on Tuesday after the Speaker’s secretariat allegedly refused to accept a letter from the opposition party regarding appointments to key positions in the House.

Leaders of the opposition INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc are set to convene a key meeting in New Delhi on June 8 to discuss the alliance’s future strategy and strengthen coordination among member parties.

Is Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress headed for a split in the Assembly? The appointment of the Leader of Opposition has exposed the divide within the party.

High drama unfolded at Abhishek Banerjee’s Kalighat residence as Kolkata Police retrieved security monitors and hard disks. While the administration maintained that the equipment was recovered as a routine post-security downgrade measure, the TMC condemned the heavy police presence as political vendetta.

In a significant escalation of the newly formed state government’s “zero-tolerance” policy toward illegal structures, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has issued formal demolition notices to 17 properties linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

Police arrested a local leader associated with the All India Trinamool Congress following allegations of extortion at a toto stand in Malda district.