Overview
- Suvendu Adhikari was elected BJP legislative party leader in Kolkata and submitted support letters to the Governor to form the West Bengal government, with his swearing‑in now arranged.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the win, named Adhikari as the next chief minister, and claimed 321 BJP workers died over years of political violence, a figure he attributed to the party’s struggle.
- Security tensions flared in Howrah’s Shivpur area after a video showed rioters chanting religious slogans during bombing and stone‑throwing; two BJP workers were reported seriously hurt and police say probes are underway.
- Kolkata police are also investigating the fatal shooting of Adhikari’s personal assistant, ChandraNath Rath, after BJP blamed TMC; officers said they are searching for the attackers and examining motives.
- In Tamil Nadu, Thalapathy Vijay’s TVK won 108 seats and remains the single largest party, yet the Governor has twice sent him back and asked for 118 signed MLA endorsements, a demand critics challenge by citing the S.R. Bommai ruling that says majorities should be tested on the Assembly floor.