Overview
- At a Haldia rally, Suvendu Adhikari said Bengal voters would “shake” Mamata Banerjee out of power in April and mocked her Kalighat address.
- Adhikari accused TMC of crossing moral lines, citing an alleged eye removal at Barasat Medical College, and pledged jobs, food, housing and a Tata return to boost industry.
- Speaking in Kangra, Anurag Thakur pointed to the NDA mandate in Bihar as momentum for the BJP’s West Bengal push and said the public is ready to oust TMC.
- Mamata Banerjee had warned she would “shake the entire country” if the BJP “touched Bengal” and alleged she was blocked from using a helicopter for a Bongaon event.
- TMC spokesperson Arup Chakraborty condemned Adhikari’s remarks as reflective of a “cheap mindset” and asserted that Bengal’s voters will give the BJP a reply.