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On a time erstwhile West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee argued successful the Supreme Court against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) presently underway successful 12 States, including her own, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) sparred successful the Rajya Sabha implicit issues ranging from the State government’s alleged indifference toward Centrally sponsored schemes to roadworthy markings being painted successful the TMC’s colours of achromatic and bluish alternatively of the cosmopolitan yellowish and black.
The BJP’s West Bengal portion main and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) launched a scathing onslaught connected the TMC-led State government, accusing it of failing to instrumentality respective Central societal payment schemes, including the Ayushman Bharat, owed to “vendetta politics”.
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“Today, mediocre and marginalised radical of West Bengal are deprived of benefits owed to the vendetta authorities being carried retired by the TMC government,” Mr. Bhattacharya said. He accused the State authorities of blocking aggregate societal payment schemes, calling it “a nonstop onslaught connected the national operation of the country”.
Speaking minutes later, TMC MP Samirul Islam opened his Zero Hour involution by asserting, successful Bangla, that “anyone speaking successful Bangla is enactment successful detention camps”. He urged the Parliamentary Standing Committee to survey however galore Bangla-speaking Indians had been “pushed to Bangladesh”.
Amid large protests from BJP members, Mr. Islam insisted that migrant workers were not mistreated successful the State. “There are 1.5 crore radical from different States moving successful West Bengal. Is determination a azygous lawsuit of them being harassed?” helium asked.
Later, during Question Hour, Mr. Bhattacharya alleged that roadworthy markings successful West Bengal were being painted achromatic and bluish alternatively of the prescribed achromatic and yellow. He asked the Minister of Road Transport and Highways whether immoderate audit oregon inspection had been conducted to verify compliance with colour standards.
Responding to the question, the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Harsh Malhotra said specified violations would pull punitive action, adding that they could compromise commuter safety. Extensive audits should beryllium followed by due action, helium said. Mr. Bhattacharya roseate again to assertion that the fig of roadworthy accidents successful the State was besides rising.
