Mamata Banerjee

A group of students - belonging to the UK unit of the CPI(M)'s Students' Federation of India (SFI), showed up with placards during her speech.

The party's Disciplinary Committee will take further action once they receive a list from the office of Speaker Biman Banerjee regarding lawmakers who requested leave.

Asked about the shifting of an IPL match on April 6 from Kolkata to Guwahati, he said that it was the decision of the organisers and it had not come to his attention

BJP leader Amit Malviya slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led government and claimed that under her rule, "West Bengal is increasingly resembling Bangladesh".

Led by BJP chief whip Shankar Ghosh, around 25 saffron party legislators also demonstrated outside the main gate of the assembly, claiming that an outsider in the black outfit - probably belonging to the special branch of police or a TMC goon -was present in the gallery.

Accusing the BJP of "influencing" the Election Commission of India, Mamata claimed that the saffron party won elections in Maharashtra and Delhi by "manipulating" the voters' lists in these states.

He sounded the 2026 poll bugle for his party workers by setting a target of winning “at least one additional seat than the current strength of 214” in the 292-member state assembly.

The TMC chief also criticized the saffron party for allegedly trying to influence polling through the rushed appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).

Mamata Banerjee also extended the distance limit for government doctors’ private practice from 20 to 30 kilometres from their workplace.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday claimed that Mamata Banerjee's TMC allegedly controls "35-40 lakh fake voters" in the state.

She expressed concerns over the "inhumane conditions" under which the deportees were sent back to India, stating that such treatment could have been avoided

Banerjee had earlier suggested that she could lead the INDIA bloc, and manage the dual responsibility of running the opposition front while continuing her role as the chief minister of West Bengal.

On Monday, a Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy, the convict in the rape-murder case of a 34-year-old doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to life imprisonment and noted that the case was not in the 'rarest of the rare' category for a death penalty.

Kejriwal said he is "personally grateful" to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for extending her support.

She further hinted at a "blueprint of the central government" being the driving force behind this behaviour of BSF

The nation, which voted for the 18th Lok Sabha elections this year, saw defining moments that changed and brought U-turns in the political journeys of many.

Both parties have called out the Congress over its 'selective' criticism of EVMs and claimed that the party cannot slam the poll process when it loses elections and accept it when the results go in their favour.

The opposition parties are indirectly questioning Congress's leadership role in the INDIA bloc after the grand old party faced back-to-back defeats in the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra.

Though officially not on agenda, the leadership question is likely to dominate proceedings at the meeting of INDIA bloc parties.

Speaking in the West Bengal Assembly, the CM urged people to remain calm and not get provoked by statements made in Bangladesh, stating that West Bengal will always stand by any decision taken by the Centre.