Overview

• Mamata Banerjee will head a two-kilometer march from College Square to Dorina Crossing on July 16, with simultaneous rallies planned across West Bengal and a demonstration in New Delhi.
• TMC MPs have begun a dharna at Delhi’s Jai Hind Colony after residents with valid documents reported electricity and water cuts designed to force them out.
• The Calcutta High Court has directed the Union Home Ministry to clarify whether West Bengal migrant workers have been detained or deported in BJP-ruled states.
• Odisha Police detained 444 Bengali-speaking labourers in Jharsuguda on suspicions of illegal immigration, prompting TMC accusations of xenophobic targeting.
• TMC leaders warn that the Election Commission’s upcoming Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls threatens to disenfranchise Bengali-speaking migrant voters.