Suvendu-Abhishek feud keeps political temperatures high in West Bengal
The exchanges have drawn a direct challenge from Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who has dared Mr. Abhishek to contest from Diamond Harbour in 2029, saying he would defeat him by a margin greater than the one by which he was elected in 2024
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
Six months after the West Bengal Assembly election, the feud between Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Abhishek Banerjee continues to dominate the State’s politics.
The Assembly election defeat and the subsequent split in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with a majority of its Lok Sabha MPs and MLAs breaking away from Mamata Banerjee, have posed an existential threat to the former Chief Minister and her nephew. Mr. Abhishek, particularly, has come under fire from both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and critics of Ms. Mamata. While the BJP has accused him of corruption during the TMC’s rule, party rebels have held him responsible for the electoral setback and cited his leadership as a reason for quitting the party.
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