Tensions escalate as bulldozer razes structures in Kolkata’s iconic New Market

Tensions escalated successful Kolkata arsenic bulldozers razed aggregate structures successful the city’s iconic New Market connected Tuesday (May 5, 2026) evening. Similar visuals were seen successful Murshidabad’s Jiaganj as a Lenin statue was vandalised by a mob. The Trinamool Congress leaders alleged targeted onslaught by Bharatiya Janta Party workers. 

“In cardinal Kolkata, adjacent New Market. With constabulary permission. As portion of triumph celebrations, a bulldozer was brought successful to demolish nutrient shops. CAPF standing around. THE BJP FOR YOU,” TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien said connected his societal media. He shared a video of a bulldozer taking connected the structures outside New Market.