Overview
- TMC meetings have seen sharp absenteeism and resignations, with party attendance falling from large majorities to only about 20 of 80 MLAs at the latest meeting, signaling an acute organisational split.
- A formal FIR over alleged fake support signatures was handed to the West Bengal CID, which has summoned evidence and sought cooperation from senior leader Abhishek Banerjee as investigators pursue the matter.
- Police have arrested multiple people in Sonarpur after an angry crowd confronted and assaulted Abhishek Banerjee, and authorities say the probe and related detentions are ongoing.
- Separate law-and-order actions include a Ghaziabad operation that led to the killing of an accused after an alleged shooting during an attempted arrest and a three-day 'Operation Clean Sweep', plus a customs seizure of 19.7 kg of hydroponic ganja at Varanasi airport with six Thai nationals detained.
- The political turmoil follows BJP’s decisive state victory that ended 15 years of TMC rule and has coincided with symbolic controversies such as a BJP MLA publicly garlanding a wanted dacoit’s photo and an unrelated report that Mumbai property registrations hit a 14-year monthly high in May 2026.