TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee Alleges Police Pressure on MLAs, BJP Accuses Party of Ideological Collapse
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- •Mamata Banerjee on June 1, 2026, accused police and BJP of pressuring TMC MLAs through direct calls, home visits, and threats of false cases.
- •Only 20 of 80 TMC MLAs attended a meeting on May 31, 2026, leading to its cancellation.
- •Banerjee alleged BJP won 177 seats through electoral malpractices and claimed a coordinated campaign to destabilize her party.
- •BJP minister Agnimitra Paul countered that TMC lacks ideology and survives through corruption, blaming internal fear for the low MLAs’ turnout.
- •TMC’s planned protest in Kolkata on June 2, 2026, was denied permission by police.
- •Banerjee vowed to rebuild the party from the ground up despite threats and inducements.
- •The exchange underscores rising political tensions in West Bengal over democratic practices and institutional independence.
Kolkata, June 1, 2026: West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused state police and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using coercive tactics to prevent TMC legislators from attending party meetings and to force them to defect. Speaking to the media on Monday, Banerjee claimed that local police officials, including superintendents of police (SPs) and investigating officers (ICs), were making direct calls to TMC MLAs, sending police personnel to their homes, and threatening them with false cases under the Arms Act and other laws to compel them to leave the party.
