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Refuting allegations of post-poll violence, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari connected Friday (May 15, 2026) said helium volition guarantee the harmless instrumentality of radical who fled their homes. However, helium added that if immoderate of them were recovered to beryllium progressive successful the unit against BJP workers aft the 2021 Assembly election, they would onshore successful prison.
In 2021, determination had been allegations of wide attacks connected BJP workers aft the Trinamool Congress won that year’s election, trouncing the BJP.
Mr. Adhikari’s assurance came connected the level of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly portion helium was responding to the allegations made by the Leader of Opposition and Trinamool Congress MLA, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay.
“The BJP has promised that bhoy (fear) volition vanish and determination volition beryllium bhorsa (faith). Fear is prevailing successful the State. Several radical person been forced to fly their homes. We are capable to perceive footsteps of fascism,” the Leader of Opposition said.
Uproar successful Assembly
The remark by Mr. Chattopadhyay created an uproar successful the House. Members from the Treasury benches raised their voices and tried to drown retired his speech. Following this, the Chief Minister intervened and said the seasoned Trinamool MLA should beryllium allowed to speak.
“I americium not alert of anyone who has fled homes aft the election. But if there are immoderate specified persons, delight nonstop details to the Director General of Police. The lone information is that determination should beryllium nary allegation of post-poll unit against the idiosyncratic aft the 2021 Assembly election,” the Chief Minister said. The section MLA and Superintendent of Police (SP) volition guarantee the harmless instrumentality of each those who were not progressive successful immoderate violence, helium reiterated.
The Chief Minister said determination were 12,000 archetypal accusation reports (FIRs) relating to post-poll unit successful West Bengal successful 2021. The Trinamool had won that year’s Assembly election, securing 215 seats, portion the BJP got lone 77. The BJP had alleged that its workers were astatine the receiving extremity of the unit that broke retired aft that election.
Indian Secular Front MLA Nawsad Siddique besides recalled the unit aft the 2021 predetermination and expressed the anticipation that the caller authorities would forestall specified incidents.
Court intervenes
After the Trinamool mislaid to the BJP successful the 2026 Assembly election, the enactment has alleged that its supporters were being targeted. Trinamool chairperson Mamata Banerjee appeared earlier the Calcutta High Court connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) connected the issue.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen directed the West Bengal Police to guarantee that if “any national irrespective of his/her enactment affiliation is illegally thrown retired of his shop/house/property etc. owed to post-poll violence, he/she shall beryllium fixed a harmless instrumentality to his shop/house/property etc”. Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP person claimed that their supporters were killed successful the violence.
The archetypal time of proceedings of the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly connected Friday (May 15, 2026) witnessed slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Jai Shri Ram being raised by members from the Treasury benches. The Trinamool legislators concisely boycotted the proceedings lone to articulation aft a fewer minutes.
The BJP had won 207 seats successful the 294-member House, portion the Trinamool tally was reduced to 80 successful the precocious concluded Assembly polls.
