Overview
- At a cabinet meeting Monday, the Adhikari government approved the Annapurna scheme with Rs 3,000 a month for eligible women and free travel on state-run buses, both starting June 1.
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced two judicial commissions that begin June 1 to examine institutional corruption and crimes against women since 2021, led by retired judges Biswajit Basu and Samapti Chatterjee with senior IPS officers as member secretaries, with initial recommendations expected within about 30 days.
- Following Sunday’s Park Circus clashes over curbs on prayers on public roads and demolition drives, police arrested at least 21 people as Adhikari on Monday told Kolkata’s police chief to take strong action against those who attacked officers.
- Two days before Thursday’s repoll in Falta, TMC nominee Jahangir Khan withdrew Tuesday citing a promised “special package,” after the Election Commission ordered a fresh vote over serious offences reported during the April 29 polling.
- The cabinet also scrapped the state’s OBC list in line with a Calcutta High Court ruling and moved to reopen 2021 post‑poll violence cases, while the administration granted CBI sanction in pending graft probes and ordered faster land transfers to the BSF to speed India–Bangladesh border fencing.