Overview
- Speaking by phone to a Bhowanipore event from North Bengal, Mamata Banerjee alleged a coordinated effort to bring in outsiders who buy property and leave after profiting.
- She said slum demolitions and new high-rises are displacing poorer residents and pushing away her party’s voter base.
- Banerjee urged residents to verify their names on the electoral roll and called for party unity in the run-up to 2026.
- The BJP rejected her assertions, with leader Rahul Sinha saying no complaints of forceful eviction have been filed and characterizing her remarks as electoral fear.
- Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari vowed to defeat her in Bhowanipore after the special electoral roll revision, citing BJP leads in five of the constituency’s eight wards in 2024.