Overview

• At a Bardhaman government event, the West Bengal chief minister said the prime minister should respect her office and condemned the 'thieves' label as an insult to Bengalis.
• She alleged the Centre has halted multiple funding streams and said the state is running key schemes from its own resources, citing 78 lakh job cards under Karmashree and a spend of about ₹19,000 crore.
• Countering corruption charges, she asserted that 186 central teams scrutinized programmes in West Bengal and, in her account, found no wrongdoing.
• She urged the Election Commission to resist political pressure during Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, warning against NRC-style removal of legitimate voters.
• She highlighted migration and identity concerns, claiming 1.5 crore workers from other states live safely in Bengal while about 22 lakh Bengalis face assaults elsewhere, as BJP leaders rejected her claims and reiterated graft allegations.