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Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee connected Monday (June 1, 2026) said their MLAs were not allowed to enactment successful meetings and were threatened with the assistance of police. This comes a time aft lone 1 4th of MLAs came to be a gathering astatine her residence, and they had to yet telephone disconnected the meeting.
“Trinamool MLAs are being threatened with the assistance of police, section IC and SPs are making calls. They are sending constabulary to their homes truthful that they cannot leave. They are straight asking our MLAs to interruption the party. The archetypal telephone comes from police, the 2nd telephone from the BJP office,” Ms. Banerjee said.
The Trinamool supremo said astatine slightest 4 of her MLAs faced specified threats and were facing threats from the constabulary to get slapped with fake cases nether the Arms Act and different cases. She questioned if this was however ideology functioned. Ms. Banerjee claimed that galore of her enactment leaders were not speaking owed to fearfulness and were being pressured to interruption the party.
The gathering connected Sunday (May 31, 2026_ was called by Leader of the Opposition successful the Assembly Sobhandeb Chatterjee, and erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was besides apt to code the MLAs. Though the Trinamool has 80 MLAs successful the House, lone 20 of them showed up, starring to the enactment cancelling the meeting.
Ms. Banerjee alleged that the BJP had won astatine slightest 177 seats by rigging and electoral malpractices. The TMC was besides expected to clasp a protestation successful Kolkata connected Tuesday. However, Ms. Banerjee said they were not fixed support by the police.
The erstwhile Chief Minister stated that determination had been galore attempts to interruption her party, and immoderate outliers successful her enactment were taking vantage of the concern to alteration sides. However, they would travel backmost stronger and physique the enactment from the crushed up again if needed and offering wealth oregon sending threats to their leaders would not help, she said.
However, BJP Minister Agnimitra Paul said if the Trinamool had immoderate ideological base, it would person survived.
“Today they person perished due to the fact that their ideologies lone see syndicates, chopped money, bribes, and taking vantage of people. That is wherefore yesterday their MLAs did not amusement up. This shows that they deficiency religion successful Mamata Banerjee,” Ms. Paul said.
